The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced plans for two new temples in Utah: one in West Jordan and one in Lehi.
The West Jordan Temple will be located on approximately 16 acres at approximately 7148 West, off of Highway 111. The future temple’s nearest neighborhood already hosts Jordan School District’s Sunset Ridge Middle School and Oakcrest Elementary School.
The Lehi Temple will be built on a roughly 22.5-acre spread at the intersection of 3950 N. Center St., next to Alpine School District’s Viewpoint Middle School and near a Texas Instruments campus.
Plans for both sites call for a multistory temple of about 85,000 square feet and an accompanying meetinghouse on each property. Both will be their city’s first temples.
West Jordan’s temple will be the fourth on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley, joining two in neighboring South Jordan and a new temple in Taylorsville set to be dedicated June 2. The West Jordan and Lehi temples bring the total number of planned or constructed temples in the faith’s home state to 30.
The announcement of the new temples this month marked the first time since October 2021 that President Russell M. Nelson has revealed plans for new temples in the Beehive State.
After the announcement, public officials in both cities expressed excitement and surprise about their communities being chosen for new temples, saying the edifices will bring better opportunities for their residents to participate in religious life. Latter-day Saints — although only those who have been deemed worthy — enter temples to participate in the faith’s most sacred rituals, like eternal marriage.
