A traffic signal in front of the Salt Palace Convention center and an art exhibit that reads "You Are Here."

West Temple Reconstruction (North Temple to 400 South)

Project Overview

The West Temple reconstruction project will rehabilitate the aged pavement from North Temple to 200 South and provide additional features to make the street safer for those driving, walking, and biking from North Temple to 400 South. Construction will take place in 2024 and the new roadway design includes:

New pavement from North Temple to 200 South

Improved crosswalks at Market Street, 300 South, Pierpont Avenue, 150 South, 100 South, and 50 North

Converting one vehicle travel lane in each direction to buffered bike lanes

Bus boarding islands near the 300 South intersection to improve bus transit efficiency

Please note that the pavement will only be reconstructed from South Temple to 200 South. In 2022, the LDS Church reconstructed West Temple from North Temple to South Temple as part of the Temple Square rehabilitation project. There were no changes to the roadway design during the 2022 construction but the striping layout on this block will be updated in 2024 as part of the West Temple reconstruction project. The Salt Lake City Transportation team is also studying improvements to bicycle connectivity from North Temple to 200 North into the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Download the concept design to view the full project details.

Project Timeline

Spring – Summer 2022	Initial stakeholder and site meetings
Late 2022 – Early 2023	Community input on roadway design concept
2023	Salt Lake City Engineering develops technical roadway design
2024	Roadway construction

Project Extent

Conceptual Design Renders

A graphic depicting the proposed street design of West Temple. — Proposed roadway cross section from Market Street through 100 South

Public Input

The Downtown Alliance hosted an in-person project update meeting on Monday, April 10 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Prior to the most recent project update, meetings with area businesses and property owners were held in-person November 16 and online November 17, 2022. You can view the presentation slides or a recording of the online meeting below. The project team also met one on one with many of the business stakeholders in early 2023. Public input was collected through a comment map in late 2022.

Watch a recording of the West Temple business meeting held on November 17, 2022.

View the slides presented at the West Temple business meeting on November 17, 2022.

Funding

This project is funded by the 2018 voter-approved Streets Bond and funds from the Transit – First/Last Mile category of UDOT’s Transportation Investment Fund.