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| Once site secured, new Utah prison will begin with lines of dirt-filled trucks |
| By sltrib.com- Matt Canham |
| Published: 11/06/2015 |
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The first step toward building a new state prison isn't breaking ground, it's adding it. Truck after truck for about six months. So much dirt the government isn't really sure where it will have to go to buy it. This process is necessary because the land west of Salt Lake City International Airport is soft and wet. Adding an estimated 1.3 million cubic yards of dirt would help ensure the prison complex wouldn't sink, said Jim Russell, who is overseeing the massive project for the Division of Facilities Construction and Management. "It is a time-consuming, significant part of the job," he said. Lawmakers and state corrections officials are already antsy to get going, which is why the Prison Development Commission on Thursday nudged Russell to hire a project consultant and get going on these early pieces, rather than designing the entire complex before crews get to work. That's exactly the flexibility Russell sought from the panel made up mostly of the same state lawmakers who recommended moving the prison from Draper to the capital city. Read More. |
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