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Community members convene inside the gymnasium at Liberty Hills Elementary School in Lehi on Thursday, March 6, 2025, for a public hearing on the Utah Department of Transportation's proposed 2100 North freeway plan.

Curtis Booker, Daily Herald

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This project map shows the Utah Department of Transportation's preliminary plans and features to be built as part of the 2100 North freeway project in Lehi.

Courtesy UDOT

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Progress of the new bridge being built over Redwood Road at 2100 North in Lehi is shown Saturday, March 8, 2025.

Curtis Booker, Daily Herald

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Community members look at the Utah Department of Transportation's preliminary design of the future 2100 North freeway during a public open house at Liberty Hills Elementary School in Lehi on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Curtis Booker, Daily Herald

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It’s not unusual for anyone driving along 2100 North in Lehi during heavy travel times to find themselves in the midst of traffic congestion.

The same could be said for Pioneer Crossing during rush hour traffic.

The Utah Department of Transportation, or UDOT, is looking to ease traffic headaches for commuters in those areas, among others in northwest Utah County, and is planning to build the new 2100 North freeway between Mountain View Corridor and the Interstate 15 interchange in Lehi.

Slated to begin sometime late this year or early 2026, UDOT will construct a six-lane freeway along the middle section that separates the existing 2100 North highway, which will span nearly 3 miles from Redwood Road to the I-15 interchange.

The 2100 North roadway drivers are currently familiar with will be converted into frontage roads, accessible from the new freeway via slip-ramps.

The freeway is planned to go over the intersection at 3600 West and under the crossing at 2300 West.

Other additions include amenities for pedestrians and a realignment of the existing trail path along 2100 North.

Work to construct a bridge at the intersection of 2100 North and Redwood Road is already underway as part of UDOT’s Mountain View Corridor project, which began in the spring of 2024.

The project’s director, Andrew Johnson, said UDOT recently re-evaluated an original 2008 environmental impact study that encompassed the entire scope of the corridor project with consideration for new growth in the area and proposed design refinements.

“As part of our project, we’re actually accelerating phase three of the full build out, and we’re building the full freeway piece now,” he explained.

Johnson said the future 2100 North freeway will provide continuous travel for people commuting from the northwestern edge of Utah County to I-15, and vice versa.

“It’ll take those regional trips, the people coming out of Saratoga (Springs) and Eagle Mountain, and get them up onto the freeway and directly over to I-15 and take them out of that local traffic,” he told the Daily Herald.

UDOT is in the midst of seeking input on findings from the re-evaluated results of the study.

Dozens of citizens converged inside the gymnasium at Liberty Hills Elementary School in Lehi for a public open house on Thursday to review the preliminary design, the project’s benefits and potential impacts to their neighborhood.

Some residents expressed concerns over anticipated noise.

Several surrounding areas near the planned freeway were assessed to determine if they would qualify for noise barriers, according to the UDOT study, but many of the abatements didn’t meet their policy requirements or were deemed too expensive.

Elizabeth Scadden, who lives in one of the areas where the noise walls would be too costly, came to the meeting with her family to voice concerns on the matter. She said it’s already difficult holding a conversation outside with her children due to current traffic.

“I have to yell across the yard, and one of them is moderately deaf, so that’s also a safety concern,” Scadden said.

However, she and her husband Tim acknowledged the potential relief for drivers in the area.

Farther south, UDOT will also construct traffic improvements on Pioneer Crossing.

The thoroughfare serves commuters traveling between American Fork and Saratoga Springs through Lehi.

The Pioneer Crossing project will include reversible travel lanes between Redwood Road and I-15, providing four total lanes in the busiest direction of commute.

UDOT anticipates construction on Pioneer Crossing to begin later this year.

As for 2100 North, the freeway should be completed and operational by 2028, according to UDOT.

The public comment period on the 2100 North freeway project is open through March 21. UDOT will then seek public input on the Pioneer Crossing project from March 25 to April 24.

A public information hearing on the Pioneer Crossing improvements will be held April 9 from 5-7 p.m. at Snow Springs Elementary School, located at 850 S. 1700 West in Lehi.

Additional information can be found on UDOT’s website.