Pony Express Parkway widening
Widening of Pony Express Parkway, partly financed with $2 million of debt issued through the Utah Transportation Commission in June 2019. A Oct. 20, 2020 budget amendment covered related debt service.
- Where it stands
- Under construction
- Type
- Road project
- Location
- Pony Express Parkway
Every hearing and vote
January 21, 2020 · City Council
Pony Express Parkway widening, Change Order No. 2 (Kenny Seng Construction)
Approved · 5-0
The council approved the second change order for the Pony Express Parkway widening on the consent agenda after a work-session presentation. The minutes describe it as covering additional widening costs and a waterline trench; they say the first change order was an estimated $2 million increase and the final total ended about $220,000 over the original change order.
February 4, 2020 · City Council
Pony Express widening, Change Order No. 4 (Knife River Construction)
Approved · 5-0
The council gave retroactive approval to a change order for a trench repair completed last summer. Council Member Jared Gray asked about Mountainland Association of Governments funding and safeguards against change order inflation; Trusty said staff quantify volumes and unit prices and compare bids to similar projects. The dollar amount is not stated in the minutes.
March 17, 2020 · City Council
Pony Express trench repair construction management (Project Engineering Consultants)
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda approved construction management services for the Pony Express trench repair with Project Engineering Consultants, Ltd. The dollar amount is not listed in the minutes.
April 7, 2020 · City Council
Pony Express Parkway median improvements (RBI, Inc.)
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda awarded landscaped median work from Lone Tree Parkway to Midvalley Road, where the road was widened to two lanes each way. Work includes stone removal, rock mulch, irrigation and planting. The engineer's estimate was about $330,000.
May 19, 2020 · City Council
Pony Express Parkway widening design, Change Order No. 4 (Horrocks Engineers)
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda approved a change order with Horrocks Engineers for relocating and redesigning a waterline after the project scope changed. City Engineer Chris Trusty said poor communication about approvals raised costs, so he negotiated a lower reimbursement; part of the project was funded through the Mountainland Association of Governments, which may provide added reimbursement.
July 7, 2020 · City Council
Pony Express Parkway, Change Order No. 3 (Kenny Seng Construction)
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda approved a third change order with Kenny Seng Construction. The amount is not stated.
October 20, 2020 · City Council
Second amendment to the FY 2020-2021 budget
Approved · 4-0
The amendment raises the budget by about $876,142 (figure reconstructed from a scanned record), including $2 million in debt issued through the Utah Transportation Commission in June 2019 for Pony Express Parkway widening, two debt service payments, an engineer-in-training position and a Facebook development agreement change order for a 3.5-million-gallon water tank. No one commented at the public hearing.
January 19, 2021 · City Council
Pony Express widening design change order #5 and Airport Road alignment change order #2
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda approved change order #5 on the Pony Express Parkway widening design with an engineering firm the scanned minutes name as Honocks (likely Horrocks) Engineers, and change order #2 on the Airport Road alignment with Civil Science. Council Member Curtis asked for a draft alignment map. Amounts are not stated.
March 16, 2021 · City Council
Consent agenda: bid awards, change order, bond releases and resolutions
Approved · 5-0
The council awarded Smith Ranch Community Park design to MHTN Architects and Pony Express Parkway Phase 5 widening to Kenny Seng Construction, approved Change Order 1 for Wride Memorial Park Phase 2 with Kenny Seng, moved Silverlake Plats 18 and 21 to 26, J & J Ranch and Lone Tree Phase F Plat 1 into warranty, set an interlocal agreement with Utah County for the 2021 election and appointed Kenneth A. Brown Jr. as administrative law judge with a legal services agreement. The minutes give no dollar amounts.
April 6, 2021 · City Council
Consent agenda: lobby display, lectern, construction management, change orders
Approved · 4-0
The consent agenda included agreements for a City Hall lobby display and a council chambers lectern with timer, bought under a state contract with surplus funds that offset CARES Act-eligible costs, construction management and inspection for Pony Express Phase 5 widening by PEPG Consulting, a Glenmar Ranches Phase B Plat 4 bond release, and change orders for the Facebook water tank (Probuild), the water model rebuild (Psomas) and an Accela software agreement. The minutes give no dollar amounts or vendors for the display and lectern.
May 4, 2021 · City Council
City administrator update (work session)
Discussed
Pony Express Parkway widening began May 3, the Lone Tree signal was expected in July, the Airport Road bid opens May 10 with award May 18, and the Majors Street trail to Brandon Park was paved April 28 with TRCC and Safe Routes to School grant funds. April saw 172 residential permits (160 single-family, 12 multifamily). An agreement with Bird for electric scooters is under review.
June 15, 2021 · City Council
Consent agenda
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda included the 2021 spray-applied seal coat with Morgan Pavement (M&M Asphalt will finish a 1,000-square-foot area it started and warrant it two years), a SilverLake Plat 19 bond release out of warranty, an interlocal agreement with Mountainland Association of Governments to complete Pony Express Parkway, and a fee schedule change for Central Water Project water use rates. No dollar amounts are stated.
June 15, 2021 · City Council
City administrator update (work session)
Discussed
Airport Road Phase One is funded this year with bonding to be explored for Phase Two; Pony Express Parkway widening should finish in late September; the Lone Tree traffic light and trans-valley sewer lift station are nearly or fully operational.
October 5, 2021 · City Council
Consent agenda: IT services, change orders, bond releases
Approved · 4-0
The consent agenda approved a first amendment with Executech for a hybrid helpdesk of 35 onsite hours a month with 24/7 access, month to month, with about $2,000 a month overage and an in-house specialist estimated at about $80,000 with benefits; the motion directed staff to seek bids and report on in-house options. It also approved a Chamber ladder sign addendum, change orders with Civil Science (Airport Road design, change order 3), Horrocks Engineers (Pony Express widening design, change order 6) and FX Construction (wastewater plant expansion, change order 4), and out-of-warranty releases for Eagle Point Phase G Plat 1, Spring Run Phase D Plats 1 and 2 and The Landing Phase A Plat 4. The minutes give no change order amounts.
July 5, 2022 · City Council
Pony Express Parkway widening Phase 5, change order 1
Approved · 5-0
Change order 1 with Kenny Seng Construction was approved on the consent agenda; city inspectors had a walk-through scheduled. The minutes give no dollar amount.
July 19, 2022 · City Council
Master infrastructure agreement, Stadion, LLC
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Staff said Meta would reimburse the city about $1.8 million for water infrastructure, road improvements and up to two years of staffing help, including the reuse filtration system and the Cory Wride Park booster pump station. In exchange the city would prioritize resurfacing Pony Express Parkway before December 2024, with Google covering part of that cost. Staff asked to move the booster pump completion date from October 31 to December 31, 2022. The council approved the agreement with the December 31 date; the minutes word the item both as the booster pump station and as the booster infiltration portion.
January 8, 2025 · City Council work session
Regional transportation issues
Discussed
UDOT's Eric Rasband said a freeway connection would pull traffic off 2100 North and that a collector-distributor system adding three to four lanes on I-15 at the Point of the Mountain would be needed; he described it as an unfunded Mountainland Association of Governments vision project. Josh Gibbons of Hales Engineering said build-out population is about 670,000 across participating cities and named the Point of the Mountain and the North Lake area, with three potential freeway alignments, as focus areas. He cited American Fork Main Street at 35,000 to 40,000 vehicles a day, Pony Express Parkway and Ranches Parkway as congested. Several attendees said a support-or-opposition chart was premature because councils had not reviewed the data, and members raised data accuracy and water rights. Lehi officials said Lehi has paid for most of the work and costs should be shared, and a Lehi representative put right-of-way purchases for Pony Express at $6 million, with construction hoped for 2027-2028. Council Member Rich Wood said short-term needs cannot wait. The next meeting was set for April 29, 2025, in Eagle Mountain.
July 30, 2026 · City Council
Pony Express Parkway widening to seven lanes (Lake Mountain Corridor to Mountain View Corridor)
Discussed
The city expressed interest in future widening; discussion covered coordinating studies, access management and planning.