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Show Traffic Thoroughfares Overlooked By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON Some important traffic thoroughfares thorough-fares in Davis County have been overlooked for too long, county commissioners were told last week. IN A PUBLIC hearing to introduce in-troduce for a revised Davis master road plan, planning commission spokesman Wil-ford Wil-ford Sommerkorn said a number num-ber of roads included in previous pre-vious master plans and several access routes between communities com-munities have been overlooked. over-looked. He urged commissioners commission-ers to confirm an updated road development plan, noting several sev-eral advantages in the move. First, adoption of the re vised plan "will call attention to" serious transportation problems. Second, the plan will help identify possible road expansion projects and improvements. im-provements. And third, the plan pinpoints the general location for future roads and county highways. . SOMMERKORN said half the cities in Davis County have had an opportunity to review the new master plan and said the other half will soon have the same privilege. As certain areas of the county coun-ty develop. Sommerkorn said recommendations made on the confirmed master plan will be used to develop new roads throughout the county. The plan specifies right-of-way widths, major arterial roadways road-ways and commuter roads which, based on population increases, in-creases, will be important features fea-tures not too far into the future. fu-ture. THE PLANNING commission commis-sion is eyeing several important impor-tant thoroughfares for possible future development, among them 200 South in Clearfield. Antelope Drive and the southern south-ern end of Davis Blvd. near North Salt Lake. Based on current development develop-ment patterns in the area. Sommerkorn said Clearfield's 200 South must be considered a potentially important access route. , PLANS FOR the West Davis Highway, which runs north to south the length of the county, are also being included in the new master plan. Antelope Drive, currently being transformed trans-formed into a main collector roadway, will soon be an important im-portant east-west thoroughfare. thorough-fare. Sommerkorn said. The master plan calls for an extensive study of West Kays-ville-West Farmington access roads, two areas Sommerkorn said have been overlooked for too long and deserve close consideration. FINALLY, DUE to excessive exces-sive amounts of development along the Bountiful and North Salt Lake east bench, the planning plan-ning commission hopes to design de-sign some future development plan for the southern end of Davis Blvd. If traffic patterns continue to increase. Sommerkorn said the results will be a "critical" conglomeration of motorists in the area. He said an alternate road into Salt Lake County may have to be devised to avoid a "bottleneck" in traffic toward the southern end of North Salt Lake. AT THE REQUEST of planning plan-ning commission members, county commissioners Harry Gerlach and Glen Saunders voted to take the master plan under advisement until all cities within the county have a chance to review the road blueprints. |