Utah County is working on several pedestrian projects in Lehi.

The county commission signed an interlocal cooperation agreement with Lehi City Wednesday that commits the county to paying $2.8 million toward building the Spring Creek segment of the Utah Lake Trail Project.

This section of the trail will be a 12-foot paved path that runs from Lehi’s North Shore Park to 1100 West Lake Shore Drive in American Fork, according to county documents. As part of the agreement, Lehi will pay approximately $12.6 million for construction of the Pony Express Parkway Project, a new roadway from Lehi Center Street to 700 West in American Fork.

Utah County Public Works Director Robert Nielson said Wednesday that the trail project was approved nearly a decade ago and that the Mountainland Association of Governments funded $1.1 million for it. However, issues with wetlands and an existing sewer line have delayed construction.

The project is just one part of an ambitious vision for the Utah Lake Trail Project.

“We definitely want to keep having the Utah Lake Trail move forward and eventually get a trail around the entirety of Utah Lake,” Utah County Administrator Ezra Nair said.

Nair also told the Daily Herald Thursday that the county sent a legislative appropriation request to Sen. John Curtis’ office, asking for funds to build a pedestrian bridge over S.R. 92 in north Lehi that would connect to the Murdoch Canal Trail.

“It’s going to help connect into the new areas where there’s that middle school and the new temple is going,” Nair said. “So it’s a pretty high-use one, and it’s one that’s already got federal funding involved, so it would be a relatively low barrier to get some additional funds and close that gap we’ve been working on with MAG already.”