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Show Con WASATCH AuGust 10, 1999 COUNTY COURIER PAGE 29 Preparing for New Development County builds new fire station, water treatment plant Gondola that runs from U.S. 40 to the By SAM ALLEN top of the hill. Both lifts were manu- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER HEBER - Last week the Wasatch County Commissioners field trip that are Jordanelle around 30 factured and installed by Garaventa. Deer Crest has many innovative of the being Basin. major design features that distinguish it conducted a _from other developments. It has about 30 tunnels and bridges that pro- new developments built around the In total there are land owners/devel- opers in the area. vide road access to homes as well as ! pathways for ski runs. Each tunnel or bridge that is being built is based upon a conspan design.— Some of the sites that were a | Four to five foot high footings are cussed and visited were Deer Crest, laid parallel to each other and then Deer Mountain, Hailstone, Jordanelle single piece spans that are poured in Heights, Staghorn, Point in the Salt Lake. City are trucked up the Hollows, East Park, the Aspens, _mountain to be.laid on the footings. Indian Hollow, Wolf Creek Ranches;*° ‘Each tunnel is wide enough to allow and Greener Hills..Many-others are merely in the preliminary planning stapes or ¢ eae not i begun Planning at a county standard road: to through with shoulders. _Another innovative design at Deer Crest is the Sharon Atkinson, the county planner, fields tough questions for the commissioners at the construction site of the $2.27 million Jordanelle fire station. Commissioner Provost and Dan Matthews were conspicuously absent. ly 30 percent to the cost of the roads. Deer Crest is also spending about a Make Your VACATION million dollars to save approximately 1300 aspen trees that were in the path of roadways so they can be replanted later. Five homes are Ee under construction at the 600+ acre Deer Your VACATION ~Crest development, five more will be. - started in the next couple months and ne 12 more are in the planning stages. pass use Hilfiker “Deer Crest ‘a major develapinetit walls. These are agually large wire off the west side of US. 40, is expect-__ ed to be about 80 percent complete by— eercinig walls for the large cuts in You can earn a SIX FIGURE INCOME and travel for pennies on the _ There are only 147 lots on the entire hillside. | Hailstone Village, a Jeieeniea } dollar while working from home! This is a traditional business- a solid opportunity for the home based entrepreneur. This is a business where hard work, commitment and dedication will enable you to develop the’ ‘best time/money relationship of your life! The product is ‘simple ‘and has ‘universal appeal- discounted travel. The marketing pian is proven and effective and the income poet is asec than aI you have directly .off the east. side of . ever seen! . the. mountain side. -Both-the. Hilftker. _ Mayflower. exit on U.S. 40, is about... traction “will ~be* completed: the =~“walls and’ ‘conspan | els were nec- 60 acres large..iIn ‘addition to 116. E-Mail: travelpro27 @yahoo: com: gllownge summer. The “Deer Crest” essary since the county insisted on townhomes and 225 ..condo/hotel © For a Free, Informative Two-Minute Message, Call : ski lift, a low-speed. quad, has already.. wide roads for the hillside. According - rooms, it will have 35,000 square feet been completed up the north side of to Doug Heil, an engineer working at of retail space as well as a 4,500 the devefonment as has the Jordanelle - , Dee Crest, they added. -approximate‘square foot day care center. There the end: of this, syear...The rest.of the A ied 1-800-345-9688 ext. 3350 ed above the retail space. Wasatch County residents will be given pref- TRAY AV “ will also be affordable housing locat- no permanent housing. On the north-east side of Jordanelle Reservoir behind the hill on the Butte property there will be development that will another | include a full-size grocery store as - well as a school that will be situated on a 12 to 15 acre parcel of land. This 182 acre development will also con- tain a ballpark and movie theatre. The developer is hoping to catch the business ee See Construction continues on Jordanelle’s $9.5 million water treatment plant. This site currently removes arsenic and heavy metals from water that flows out of an old mine shaft before it is allowed into the Jordanelle Reservoir. This new treatment plant will treat this water one step further in order to make it safe for culinary use. | of Kamas residents who now have to drive all the way into Park City to do their shopping. The Deer Mountain development see FIELD TRIP on page 30 Necia's Crafts Visit A Beautiful Shop Filled With Unique Handmade Creations! Featuring Custom Made: Wreaths Baskets ¢ Swags px Urey tia ‘Midway Paul Wilson, the county engineer, talks with Linda Fetter, the head of the Deer Crest development on top of the mountain. 654-5057& Birdhouses Dried Flowers {II Se erence for this housing. Hailstone will be a pure resort community with |