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Show Hit Mfesj ilrai? FARMINGTON A West Valley Highway for Davis County may be a longtime :oming like sometime after the year 2000. AT LEAST this is the opinion opin-ion of at least one official of the Wasatch Front Regional Council. Mick Crandall, a planner for WFRC, told a gathering of city mayors and county commissioners commis-sioners comprising the Davis County Council of Governments Govern-ments (COG) that it appears the West Valley Highway through Davis County has been "put on the rear burner." HE EXPLAINED that some road projects have been placed on hold because inflation has hurt the construction business and caused motorists to drive much less than before. "Thus, gasoline taxes have been decreasing and there is not as much money available for highway construction." he said. "It's draining the gasoline gaso-line tax revenues just for maintenance of existing highways high-ways while putting new highway high-way projects further in the future." fu-ture." HE NOTED that only two road projects in Davis County are still on the federal urban timetable through 1985 the widening of Orchard Drive to 2600 South into a four lane highway plus left turn lanes, and Main Street in Kaysville. The latter is earmarked for $846,000 in 1984. The Orchard Drive project is slated to receive $450,000 in federal funds in 1982; $500,000 in 1983; and $1 million in 1984-85. WEST VALLEY Highway is already under construction in Salt Lake County, between 2100 South and Salt Lake International In-ternational Airport. An extension exten-sion of the thoroughfare is planned from 2100 South southward in 1984. "So that means the segment of West Valley Highway in Davis County probably won't be available until the 1990s, or even later," he told the group. COMM. MORRIS F. Swapp then asked if Davis County would be responsible for maintenance of the highway after it's completion. Mr. Crandall explained that the county would be responsible responsi-ble for maintenance if the highway high-way is designated as a "collector "collec-tor road" as is presently proposed. prop-osed. However, if the thoroughfare thor-oughfare is classified as a "arterial highway," then it would be designated a state road and maintained with state road funds. MEANWHILE, the county commission has agreed to place a tentative moratorium on the purchase of any more rights-of-way for the proposed highway. "We are going to concentrate concen-trate our efforts on extending the Layton Canal as part of the county's master storm drainage drain-age system," said Comm. Chairman Glen W. Flint. "We'll purchase rights-of-way for the highway only in areas where a roadway already exists." ex-ists." grb |
