To better focus Region Three’s safety efforts, safety manag-er Dan Fauvell and communications manager Eileen Barron worked together to develop a safety mission, vision and values. “We have such diverse roles at the Region,” Eileen Barron said. “Our goal was to develop a set of statements that would hold meaning for people throughout the region.”

The safety mission, vision and values establish an under-standing of our commitment to safety and the direction we want to grow as a Region. “The mission, vision and values

are a tool for us to get on the same page about what’s im-portant to us related to safety,” Dan Fauvell said. “What’s really important is how we live them out. You will see aspects of these statements emphasized over time; for in-stance, we might put extra focus on communication skills that support safety.”

The process of developing a mission, vision and values for safety started with individual interviews throughout the region that resulted in a set of safety themes. Those

Communicate, Question, Care Region Three adopts our own safety mission, vision and values

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Mission - We will achieve safety through continuous improvement of our knowledge, equipment and attitude.

Vision - Safety is everyone’s responsibil-ity; we will look out for each other so every-one returns home to their families.

ValuesCommunicate - Communication improves safety and demonstrates respect for each other. Everyone is encouraged to speak up for safety and be willing to receive feedback from colleagues.

Question - Asking questions is expected. We commit to asking questions to understand expectations and why procedures are in place.

Care - Safety starts with an attitude of caring. Safety improves when we care about the peo-ple we work with and doing the job right.

“The ideas about safety came straight from our own people.”

themes were tested in a focus group of field staff. Finally, results from the interviews and focus group were discussed in a two-part workshop that included area supervisors, station supervisors, senior leaders and other safety staff.

“It was very important that the mission, vision and values build on what we already value,” Eileen said. “Dan and I want-ed this process to be grassroots up so that the concepts sound familiar. The ideas about safety came straight from our own people.”

“The one area that pushes our comfort level a bit is the idea of questioning,” Dan added. “Through our discus-sions with individuals and groups, there was an interest in encouraging people to ask questions about why certain procedures are in place. The ‘why’ generates good conver-sation and helps us understand the importance of how we do things to stay safe.”

Posters with the safety mission, vision and values are available from Dan or Eileen. “Ultimately, safety is every-one’s responsibility,” Dan said. “We make choices every day that determine our safety. The definition of success is that everyone goes home to their families every night without injury.”

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U.S. 189 near Deer Creek is Under Construction Construction is underway to improve U.S. 189 between Deer Creek Reservoir and Charleston Street.

The Deer Creek widening project adds two lanes in each direction with a cen-ter turn lane. Construction is scheduled to be complete fall 2016.

In This Issue:Project Management Group Responsibilities...4

Transportation Commission meets in Duchesne in August...5

Employee Appreciation Breakfast...6

Safety fix in Duchesne and Saratoga...8

Do you TravelWise?..9

Safety, Leadership and Happiness...9

Roadeo Results...10

Road Respect Tours Wasatch County...12

Photo Contest...13

Orem Conference Room Facelift...13

The $13 million project will widen U.S. 189 near Deer Creek Reservoir and was ranked No. 9 on UDOT’s Top 10 con-struction project list for 2016. Crews are widening a segment of U.S. 189 between Deer Creek State Park and the Rock Cut. The widened roadway in-cludes two 12-foot travel lanes in each direction, plus a 14-foot center turn lane and 8-foot wide shoulders.

Currently, U.S. 189 consists of one trav-el lane in each direction in this area. The project will improve safety and mo-bility along this busy stretch of US-189. The project will also address hazardous wildlife crossings with the installa-tion of continuous deer fencing along the length of the widening project. A

wildlife under-crossing will be built between Main Canyon Road and Rainbow Bay, providing separation to reduce crashes caused by vehicle/wildlife impacts.

Pavement preservation will be performed by milling the existing pavement and applying new asphalt from the rock cut to the S.R. 113 intersection in Charleston.

Daytime construction will occur with minimal impact to the travel lanes, largely allowing the flow of traffic to be maintained during the busy sum-mer recreation and tourism season.

U.S. 189 Deer Creek Widening is number 9 UDOT’s Top Ten construction projects for 2016.

See a short video about the project on Twitter.

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After years of collaboration between UDOT and Provo City, 300 South (U.S. 89) in Provo from 100 West to 700 East is under construction.

The project will reconstruct 300 South in concrete pavement; add new storm drain, curb, gutter, sidewalks and raised medians. Bi-cycle and pedestrian accommodations as well as landscaping and lighting were important considerations for the project team.

“This project has really been a collaborative effort between UDOT and Provo City,” said UDOT Project Manager Justin Schellenberg. “We’ve been working together and with the Maeser Neighbor-hood since 2013 to develop the best solution to a number of issues in the area including traffic accidents and pedestrian safety, aging drainage and utilities, and a lack of safe space for active transportation including bicycles and pedestrians.” The project will install raised medians to improve safety and allow space for new bike lanes on both shoulders. A new traffic signal will be added at 400 East to accommodate left turns and the other side streets will become right-turn in and out.

Provo City Engineer Shane Winters acknowledged that the raised medians will change local driving patterns and explained, “This was a compromise that allowed us to add more features like the widened pedestrian path and bike lanes while still keeping two travel lanes in each direction. 300 South is a major corridor in Provo and we want to provide opportunities for all kinds of travel-ers.”

UDOT and Provo City want the public to stay informed about activ-ities that will impact them. The project team sends regular email updates with information about scheduled construction impacts and major activities. The public can stay informed by signing up for email updates by emailing 300South@utah.gov or by calling the project hotline at 888-556-0232. More information is also available online at www.udot.utah.gov/go/300south.

Provo 300 S 400 E rendering

Provo 300 S, first pavement

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Project Management Group Restructures ResponsibilitiesWith the new calendar year came a new organizational structure for the project management group at Region Three.

PM geographic areas

Each project manager is now responsible for a geograph-ic area. “This allows the PM to build relationships with local government contacts,” said program manager Brent Schvenaveldt. “This change also provides an opportunity to better anticipate needs in the area.”

The geographic approach has been in place several years for managing projects in the Uinta Basin. “It worked really well in the Basin,” Brent said. “We are looking to build that same kind of value in having one person familiar with the area.”

Brent also said that this approach helps the project man-agers be more invested in both relationships and project results. “Each project is a piece of meeting the area’s long-term needs. I expect PMs will start to notice where the gaps are in our planning or the unique transportation challenges of a particular community.”

In addition to geographically organizing project managers, Chris Memmott joined the group to manage pavement projects. Chris will oversee preparation of plans and bid documents for the annual pavement program.

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Transportation Commission meets in Duchesne in AugustThe Utah Transportation Commission, the governor-appointed body that oversees transportation funding, will hold its monthly meeting in Duchesne Friday, Aug. 12.

The Commission alternates holding meetings at the UDOT Calvin Rampton Complex in West Valley City with various locations throughout the state. The commissioners tour the area the day prior to the meeting in order to better under-stand current road conditions and key issues.

We are in early planning stages and expect to take the commissioners on a road tour of our key routes including U.S. 191, U.S. 6, I-15, U.S. 189 and U.S. 40. The road tour will highlight the needs of our rural and canyon roads in particular. If there are specific areas or issues you recom-mend highlighting on these routes, contact Eileen Barron at ebarron@utah.gov or 801-244-7412.

Preliminary commission tour route for Thursday, Aug. 11:

1. From Duchesne, go south on U.S. 191 through Indian Canyon to Helper

2. Turn west on U.S. 6 to Spanish Fork City

3. Travel north on I-15 to 800 North Orem

4. Take U.S. 189 east to Heber

5. Travel U.S. 40 east to Duchesne

Commission tour route

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People from throughout Region Three gathered at the Mechanic’s Shop in Orem for the third annual Employee Ap-preciation Breakfast on May 18.

After enjoying breakfast burritos prepared by the mechanics, Region Three’s Employee of the Year, Leader of the Year and Career Achievement nominees and award-winners were announced.

Anyone can nominate someone for an award and the final winners are selected by a group of peers representing each of the depart-ments in the region. The winners will partici-pate in a luncheon with UDOT Senior Leaders and will be honored at the Annual UDOT Conference in November.

Ben Maughn went cowboy style with his Zero Fatalities bandanna handed out at the breakfast.

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Employee of the Year: Klay Steele

Klay is a Trans Tech II in the Eureka shed. He has success-fully overseen the chip seal program for the south area the past two seasons. He has been in charge of organiz-ing the crew, ordering the oil, as well as inputting all the work orders for labor and equipment for the chipping operation. He sets up the schedules for various locations and mobilizes equipment, flaggers and traffic control for multiple work zones.

Leader of the Year: Jim Winn

Jim is the Saratoga Springs station supervisor. He takes pride in UDOT and cares for his people. Jim’s crew has the utmost respect for him and would do anything for him. Jim works hard to maintain his equipment and facilities and has an ex-cellent track record for safety.

Career Achievement: Pat Lowe

Pat has been with UDOT 25 years. Pat is very friendly and goes out of her way to help anyone with anything. She always has a smile and doesn’t get told thanks enough. She is outstanding with the public and ex-tremely good at handling difficult situations. Pat helps everyone from new employees to senior staff without complaint. Pat takes great pride in her work and doesn’t quit until the job gets done.

Employee of the Year NomineesCole GilesKelly FugalDaniel TaylorEldon SimpsonDwaine WebberJared SteeleJim FieroKyle LazenbyPat LoweShawn Bright

Leader of the Year NomineesAdam Lough Boyd HumpherysWayne Casper

Career Achievement NomineesKevin CarterLannie Offret

Congratulations!

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Safety Fix: Duchesne & SaratogaNew cattle guard makes a smoother drive

The Duchesne crew replaced a cattle guard in Indian Canyon (S.R. 191 milepost 265) to improve safety for drivers and to keep cattle off the road. The existing cattle guard was falling apart and was a half inch lower than the pavement surface.

As part of the repair, the cattle guard was installed level with the roadway surface and the adjacent gate, fence posts and wire fencing were replaced.

The Saratoga crew excavated and replaced an 11-foot wide by 30-foot long section of S.R. 73 near milepost 21 to im-prove safety for the driving public. The westbound lane had poor material that was not holding up well. The crew re-placed the road base and then placed 5 inches of new HMA.

Pothole repair requires rebuilding pavement in Saratoga

The work required closing a lane, including setting up traf-fic control and contracting flaggers for one-way alternating traffic operations.

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TravelWise pro-motes behaviors such as carpooling, using transit or walking and biking to reduce single occupancy trips and ultimately help optimize mobili-ty, reduce energy consumption and improve air quality in Utah. As Utahns TravelWise, they leverage the inte-grated transporta-tion solutions that are needed to meet Utah’s long-term mobility needs.

The TravelWise team works with businesses, state agencies, communities and other partners, educating them on the ben-efits of using trip-saving behavior. and encouraging them to TravelWise by carpooling, teleworking, adjusting their travel times and trip chaining.

TravelWise is a UDOT program that invites Utahns to rethink their trips by driving less and driving smarter.

Do you TravelWise?

Message from Region Director Teri Newell

Safety, Leadership and…Happiness?

Can we be a more safe organization by being a more happy organization? This might seem like a strange connection, but research shows we make better decisions and are more suc-cessful in our jobs (and lives) when we already feel a sense of happiness. Called the “happiness advantage,” research in a field called positive psychology demonstrates that happiness improves performance, not the other way around.

I read the book “The Happiness Advantage” and personal-ly felt challenged to put several of the book’s principles to work. It has shaped the way I approach my role as region director as well as my role as a spouse and parent. For in-stance, the book inspired me to place more value on expe-riences with my family rather than buying them things; as a result, we have made family vacations a priority. It gives us

something to look forward to (which produces happiness) as well as the satisfaction of spending quality time together and creating memories (that continue to create happiness).I have asked the Region Three senior staff to read “The Hap-piness Advantage” over the next year. We will read a chapter or two at a time and discuss the book once a month. Shane Marshall has also selected this book and is hosting a discus-sion of the second half on Monday, July 11 at 10 a.m. at the UDOT Complex or via video conference.

If you don’t care to read an entire book, you might like the TED talk by the author. It gives a good overview of how intentionally shaping your mental outlook can make a differ-ence in your professional work and personal life.

Visit the TravelWise website to find our more and to get a construction resource kit.

TravelWise also works with major construction projects to help reduce traffic during peak travel times. For example, the Rethink Your Trip TravelWise around Freeway Construction campaign has helped reduce traffic on The I-15 Point Project by up to 17 percent during peak travel times.

TravelWise can also be a tool in addressing acute, localized traffic issues not associated with construction. In the area around the SR- 92 interchange with I-15, the UDOT Travel-Wise team is meeting with local businesses to better under-stand how employers and employees can rethink the way they travel to and from work to help reduce area traffic de-lay. By collaborating with businesses and other area motor-ists to TravelWise by shifting travel times away from primary commute periods, carpooling or taking transit to reduce congestion or teleworking when possible to avoid delays altogether, the TravelWise program aims to optimize mobility and improve productivity for this fast-growing area.

Through year-round education and promotion of TravelWise, Utah is reducing trips and helping improve our quality of life in Utah. To find out more about the TravelWise Program and learn how you can rethink your trip, visit travelwise.utah.gov.

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Nearly every station was represented, but the Eureka and Nephi crews showed off their skills, sweeping top honors in each category! Thanks to everyone who helped with the event!

Seventeen people participated in the 2016 equipment roadeo held May 11 at the Lehi shed.

2016 ROADEO Results

ROADEOEQUIPMENT

Congratulations to this year’s prize winners:

Backhoe1st place: Klay Steele (Eureka) 2nd place: Chase Steele (Nephi) 3rd place: Devan Ingram (Nephi)

Loader1st place: Devan Ingram (Nephi) 2nd place: Klay Steele (Eureka) 3rd place: Chase Steele (Nephi)

Truck1st place: Klay Steele (Eureka) 2nd place: Devan Ingram (Nephi) 3rd place: Matt Garbett (Eureka)

Overall Points WinnerKlay Steele (Eureka)

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Midway City and Heber City were named Road Respect communities during events June 9, 2016.

Region Three staff participated in 12-mile and 50-mile bike rides in Wasatch County along with a bike fair held in Heber. Aaron Pinker-ton, Matt Parker and Bill Townsend (pictured above) participated in bike rides to celebrate Road Respect community designations for Midway and Heber.

Community members were invited to join the Road Respect team in demonstrating how cars and bikes can share the road in Wasatch County.

R oad R espect Tours Wasatch County

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2016 Photo Contest

• Photos submitted to Kim Krein throughout the year will be considered• Entry deadline is Wednesday, July 20• Photos will be featured in the summer picnic slide show and next region news • Winners will receive prizes• Video clips welcome

Send photos to Kim Krein (kkrein@utah.gov) with a brief description of the location and/or activity.

Orem Conference Room Gets a Facelift

Conference rooms A, B and C on the first floor of the Orem administration build-ing have been updated with new chairs, carpet and paint. A wireless projection screen has been installed and closets were built to store unused chairs and supplies.

Photo by Travis Ackermann, Work on U.S. 6