The Utah Department of Transportation announced the first portion of the Mountain View Corridor freeway, stretching between Porter Rockwell Boulevard in Herriman and 2100 North in Lehi, will be ready Dec. 20, ahead of its original spring 2026 deadline.

The road will serve as a free-flowing alternative to Redwood Road and Interstate 15 connecting Salt Lake County to Utah County.

The project, which began in 2024, was accelerated thanks to strategic planning, “excellent work” by the contractor and favorable weather, UDOT spokesperson Wyatt Woolley said.

“We haven’t had a ton of snow in the last two years down in the valley area, so that enables them to just keep going,” he said.

The four-mile leg completion marks the first step in UDOT’s efforts to build freeway infrastructure in northwest Utah County to meet the surging population demands of Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs.

The plans were supported by the state in 2024 with $1.4 billion to go toward two new freeways and a freeway extension.

In early 2026, UDOT is scheduled to start construction on turning 2100 North in Lehi into a freeway, connecting the I-15 and Mountain View Corridor.

“Right now, what you drive on 2100 North, it is a frontage road. And so there’ll be freeway in between there that will connect I-15,” Woolley said. “So basically, there’s going to be a big U-shape at the point of the mountain on the north side of Lehi that’s all freeway connection.”

In 2027, UDOT plans to begin construction on extending Mountain View Corridor from 2100 North to Cory Wride Highway, and the east-west Cory Wride Freeway between Mountain View Corridor and Ranches Parkway.

UDOT also began construction on Pioneer Crossing Flex Lanes in September.

Woolley said people living in Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain are “desperate” to have a free flow of traffic to get where they need to go, and these projects will provide that.

According to Saratoga Springs Mayor Jim Miller, the city grew by 52% from 2020 to 2024, to an estimated 69,293 residents. Eagle Mountain estimates a population of more than 65,000, up from 43,623 people in the 2020 U.S. Census for approximately a 49% growth rate, in five years.

Woolley said UDOT is working with the northwest Utah County municipalities themselves to ensure their future city planning accommodates traffic needs.

“You have to build not just suburban areas, but development for businesses and things, so people don’t have to travel so far for work, so they can work in their area where they live,” Woolley said. “And then also not make so many cul-de-sacs and routed suburban areas so that cars can get through.”