Deseret News | Mudslide closes road through Spanish Fork Canyon

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Mudslide closes road through Spanish Fork Canyon

Lynn Tilton | 6:45 p.m. Aug. 7, 2008

Could this be the result of the "Red Bull" fire about 18 months ago? Soil subject to intense temperatues is unable to absorb water (hydrophobiscity). This means water in the burn areas runs faster downhill thanks to rain or rapid snowmelt than it normally would.

No, it was UDOT ... | 7:49 p.m. Aug. 7, 2008

Piling large amounts of dirt right next to the road for use in their construction proejcts. Their Einstein-like engineers obviously gave no though as to what might happen if rain should happen to fall ...

Anonymous | 7:51 p.m. Aug. 7, 2008

You can blame Greg Curtis, John Valentine and the rest of the Republicans in the Utah Legislature for this.

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Define "Lengthy" | 8:20 p.m. Aug. 7, 2008

Is it just me, or did anyone else think that the words "lengthy project" in the lead paragraph implied that the clean-up would take weeks or months, as opposed to a matter of hours?

Dougway | 8:33 p.m. Aug. 7, 2008

Brilliant commentary on the piling up of dirt next to a construction project. THAT IS THE PROJECT! A lift is put on and then compacted. Repeat. When compleated, the hill will be more gradual and there will be more lanes for traffic flow. I don't think this was just a rain storm. It was more of a frog strangler or even in the cow on flat rock category.

tigerlily | 10:57 p.m. Aug. 7, 2008

TO no it was udot::: thats what they get for tearing out a mountain.to widen the road

Who knows? | 8:46 a.m. Aug. 8, 2008

If anyone knows if the road that turns off that goes to Manti if it is closed let me know,

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