Orem council approves sale of nine 1600 North properties to UDOT for road widening
April 22, 2025, 3:30 p.m. · 56 North State Street, Orem
The Orem City Council unanimously declared nine city-owned properties surplus and approved selling them to UDOT for the widening of 1600 North, with corridor preservation funds repaid to Utah County. Eight are residential properties bought with county corridor funds and one is a portion of Bonneville Park, sold at fair market value. In the work session, staff previewed $28.1 million in capital projects for fiscal year 2025-26 and UDOT described nine-foot noise walls for the corridor.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item W1 · Budget
Operations expansion requests and fiscal year 2025-26 capital improvement plan
Discussed
Finance Director Brandon Nelson listed personnel requests, including three firefighter/paramedics funded by Vineyard, a training-facility division chief and a deputy fire marshal funded by Vineyard and Lindon, a parks GIS technician, and $112,000 for police AI report software and patrol rifles. City Engineer Taggart Bowen presented a $28,088,821 capital plan: CIP fund $2,650,500 (parks, including $710,000 for Windsor Park courts and restrooms and $565,000 for Cherry Hill and Foothill playgrounds), water $4,529,747, water reclamation $13,189,060, stormwater $2,705,974 and streets $5,013,540. Building maintenance projects total $885,000.
- Budget$28.1 million
Item W2 · Roads and utilities
1600 North noise wall
Discussed
UDOT consultant Diego Carroll and Eric Rasband said the 1600 North widening project is ready to advertise for bid within a couple of months, home sales are being finalized before demolition, and the environmental study calls for roughly 9-foot concrete noise walls for the remaining adjacent homes, whose owners responded positively. Orem decided not to put a noise wall in front of Bonneville Park. The expansion extends east of State Street without closing businesses.
Item 10.1 · Roads and utilities
Surplus declaration and sale of nine properties to UDOT for 1600 North widening
Approved · 6-0
City Attorney Steve Earl said eight of the nine properties are homes the city bought with corridor preservation funds from Utah County and the ninth is a portion of Bonneville Park, which will be sold to UDOT at fair market value. Accumulated rent will be returned to the county after the city deducts its expenses. No one commented at the public hearing.
- Land dealAmount not given to Utah Department of Transportation
What residents said
1600 North wideningNoise walls