Open houses slated for long-range transit
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/11/2007 01:50:34 AM MDT
A $46 billion long-range plan for roads and transit in northern Utah will be available for public comment at open houses beginning tonight in Davis County, followed by three more in Salt Lake and Utah counties. Crafted by two metropolitan planning organizations - the Wasatch Front Regional Council and Mountainland Association of Governments - the plan envisions a connected transportation network stretching from Weber County to Utah County. The effort is part of the 2030 plan that the organizations must update every four years. This revision includes measures that planners hope will reduce motorists' delays due to traffic congestion, and will direct which roads and transit lines will be built during the next 23 years. Among the plan's recommendations are raising gas taxes, building a narrower but toll-free west-side Mountain View Corridor in Salt Lake and Utah counties and widening Interstate 15 and I-80. The plan also recommends that the state buy land for a possible transit corridor near 5600 West and explains the Utah Transit Authority's proposal to build 70 miles of commuter rail and TRAX in seven years.
- Patty Henetz
Open houses
The Wasatch Front Regional Council's open houses schedule:
* Tonight, Centerville City Hall, 250 N. Main Street, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
* May 3, Draper Elementary, 1080 E. 12660 South, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
* May 7, Weber County Government Center, Commission Chambers Breakout Room, 2380 S. Washington Boulevard, Ogden, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Mountainland Association of Governments open house:
* April 25, Mountainland office, 586 E. 800 North, Orem, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
* The draft plans also are available on the Web:Salt Lake, Davis and Weber Counties:
www.wfrc.org; Utah County:
www.mountainland.org