The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is charged with constructing highways for the State
of Utah. In the process of highway construction, wetlands are sometimes impacted. The Clean Water Act of 1974 requires that any wetlands impacted by a project of any type be mitigated to avoid wetland losses throughout the United States. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulates wetland activities with guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These agencies, along with UDOT prepared a Mitigation Banking Instrument to create a 120 acre Mitigation Bank that serves UDOT projects in Northern Utah County. 
The Northern Utah County Mitigation Bank (NUCMB) will eventually provide 75 wetland credits that will serve UDOT projects such as Pioneer Crossing, I-15 Core, and Geneva Road expansion. The credits provide a cost effective means of mitigating wetland impacts as well as an efficient permitting method that will accelerate the permitting process by at least one year for each project. Ultimately the NUCMB saves UDOT millions of dollars in mitigation costs as well as years in delays due to permitting requirements.
Project Engineering Consultants have been directly contracted with UDOT to assist in the preparation of the Mitigation Banking Instrument, the Construction Plans, Permitting, and the Construction Oversight of the NUCMB.