River Heights seeks Cache County COG funds to widen 600 South
At an Aug. 13 hearing the city engineer described a $781,700 project with $721,050 eligible for Cache County Council of Governments funding. The written cost opinion attached to the same minutes lists $788,700 total and $580,800 in eligible costs.
Continuing story: Auditing River Heights
River Heights is asking the Cache County Council of Governments for road money to widen 600 South between about 770 East and 1000 East, according to the minutes of an Aug. 13 City Council hearing. [1]
The minutes record the full cost of the project as $781,700, with $721,050 eligible for COG funding. The city would need to match 8%, which the minutes put at $57,700. [1]
The project
The hearing materials describe widening the road to 32 feet with curb, gutter, park strip, sidewalk and a landscape buffer, replacing deficient pavement and improving the 600 South and 1000 East intersection. [1]
The minutes say the road is as narrow as 20 feet with no sidewalk on the south side, and that it "carries intercity regional traffic from Providence and Logan through River Heights." They also say proximity to River Heights Elementary creates high pedestrian and vehicle traffic at peak times. [1]
Mayor Blake Wright said it was the same project the city applied for the previous year. The application was due the day after the hearing, and the minutes say, "The city should know the decision in October sometime." [1]
The minutes say that if the project is funded, the city would approach Providence about covering connection costs. [1]
Two sets of figures
The opinion of probable costs attached to the minutes is dated Aug. 3, 2026. It lists a total project cost of $788,700, made up of a $717,000 subtotal and a $71,700 contingency. Its column of COG-eligible costs totals $580,800, including a $52,800 contingency. [1]
Those figures differ from the $781,700 total and the $721,050 eligible amount in the minutes. The written opinion does not state a city match amount. Its header describes the limits as 750 East to 1000 East. [1]
No motion or vote on the application is recorded in the Aug. 13 minutes; the hearing was closed after public comment. The council approved the minutes Sept. 1. [1][2]
The Sept. 15 agenda
The council's Sept. 15 agenda included a discussion of the 600 South COG project; minutes of that meeting have not been posted. [3]
This is an application for funding, not an award or a contract. The amounts are estimates. The minutes and the written cost opinion in the same posted record give different totals.
Sources
- River Heights City Council · Aug. 13, 2026 minutes, 600 South hearing materials and Aug. 3 opinion of probable costs
- River Heights City Council · Sept. 1, 2026 meeting minutes
- River Heights City Council · Sept. 15, 2026 meeting notice and agenda
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.