LOGAN — As thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral services for Officer Eric Estrada and Sgt. Lee Sorensen, local law enforcement is warning of major traffic delays and parking issues. The public memorials for the two Tremonton-Garland police officers are being held Thursday and Friday at 10 a.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on the campus of Utah State University.
Logan City Police Assistant Chief Curtis Hooley said parking near the Spectrum will likely be full due to the large number of family and law enforcement expected to attend the two funerals.
“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is allowing everyone to use the church parking lots at 1200 North, between 600 and 800 East. The public can park in those church lots and Connect Transit will bus people up to the Spectrum.”
Following Officer Estrada’s funeral service, Thursday, interment will be held in the nearby Logan City Cemetery, during a private ceremony.
Since Sgt. Sorensen will be buried in the Tremonton-Garland area, Hooley expects a major traffic delay on Friday as the funeral concludes between 11 a.m. and noon. The procession route will be from the Spectrum, turning west onto 1000 North, heading west to 1000 West, turning south on 1000 West and then turning right to go west on Valley View Highway, SR-30, to the Tremonton area.
“The biggest problem we are going to have is that we are crossing Main Street and getting on to 1000 West. There won’t be any traffic allowed to move north or south across 1000 North for about an hour. We anticipate anywhere from 500 to 1000 vehicles involved in the procession. It will create quite a traffic backlog for the city.”
After the procession has cleared intersections, officers will open the streets and allow traffic to move through them. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Traffic Center will also be monitoring traffic on Main Street and 1000 West and will adjust the traffic lights to help move vehicles along those routes as well.
Hooley explained the only way to go north or south across 1000 North during the procession will be 1200 East, 1500 and 1600 East. Those roads will be very busy though, so law enforcement is asking everyone to plan ahead and leave early before the procession starts.