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Show Wednesday, August 23, 2000 A-10 The Park Record Lihi. Bright aih! Full ot iow 4 ;r i;- , 't 1 :f!.- ; X'!t: ' twfl ..'Si '-C1 -i-n1 -xi. "(Jif l'W hi 'If :v:- j-'-s 1 if" 4 .d!, iLf j;M J't 'x.iV VV JCt Hi ' T- OtTo '! Clan, Fullv furnished iml Rcadv to in To itxl pjfitc ;rt:ina Tvct S to Park Lid Moitnuin Rcvn or. ; Mi kk Jin; vOid lown ifhi ARmi Great Single FimiK Home fytt home Uvjiai :n Ur .tost w runic vV-va: 2 vir si-itf ' 1 iimmuaiMl Sieve Gibson, G.R.I. 435-645-8 www.stevegibson.net 1 s '"tA i Ktorun Ihirm JESS REIP New plan has more detail for Games SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Litest draft of the Olympic transportation plan for the 2002 games calls for more buses and light rail cars, better dispersed park-and-ride facilities, improved venue access and a strategy for battling winter temperature tem-perature inversions. The draft, released Friday, represents a much more detailed plan from the conceptual transportation trans-portation blueprint released a year ago, according to Salt Lake Organizing Committee officials. The initial plan was criticized for its over-reliance on automobiles automo-biles and a lack of attention toward air quality issues. Most of the previous concerns have been addressed, said Andrew Gemperline, a Utah Department of Transportation staffer who serves as SLOC's transportation planning director. Some of the earlier problems have cleared up simply through the decision-making process. Since the initial draft was released last August; SLOC has settled on a site for the medals plaza in downtown Salt Lake City, which allowed traffic planning to begin in what will be the games' most crowded corridor. The I'tah Transit Authority has received the go-ahead to construct the light rail extension to the University of Utah, and obtained a commitment for an additional 1.200 buses - and perhaps per-haps up to 20 extra light rail cars -- from transit agencies around the country. UTA also will also hang on to 250-300 older buses scheduled for retirement, further bolstering the fleet. Construction has begun on a new interchange on U.S. 89 in Davis County, and there has been a reduction in Snowbasin's spectator capacity from 40,000 to 25.000 that should ease pressure on roads leading to the dow nhill-skiing nhill-skiing venue. 'it appears a lot of our concerns con-cerns have been adequately addressed," said Wil Jeffries, executive director of the Wasatch Front Regional Council. "The light-rail extension, coupled cou-pled with the more dispersed park-and-ride lots, is really going to help minimize congestion. Any reduction in the use of automobiles auto-mobiles or the concentration of buses, and using cleaner buses, is going to help." Bill Colbert, an environmental environmen-tal scientist with the state's Division of Air Quality, also - . -s s- 1-1 I. gives 3LUI nign marKs ior responding to concerns that were raised after the release of the first draft. "It didn't address air quality issues on the Wasatch Front. or Back," said Colbert. "Now we've got control strategies to try and reduce pollutants. They've also addressed the impact of the transportation of spectators and participants to the venues." Olympic organizers expect to be criticized for the lack of mass-transit mass-transit connections to the outlying outly-ing venues in and around Ogden. Provo and the Park City area. They say there are not enough buses available. But they hope the free shuttles shut-tles from the park-and-ride lots, coupled with a long-haul bus system sys-tem that will take reservations, can alleviate the problem. WtX!!5Xoii3 Estrogens may increase your risk of Breast Cancer Learn about your choices from Dr. Duane Townsend. He has helped develop some of the best Natural Products for an alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Recognized worldwide as a gynocological expert. Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the National Cancer Institute DUANE E. TOWNSEND, M.D. 1485 S. Hwy. 40, Heber 1670 Bonanza, Park City 435-901-8123 University Trax line wins federal funding Second light rail line clears financial hurdle with FA providing 80 percent of cost SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Salt Lake City's second light rail line cleared its financial hurdles Friday, when the Federal Transit Administration agreed to provide pro-vide SO percent of the project's initial cost. The funding will cover most of the cost of building the 2.5-mile line from Main Street to the University of Utah, and buying the cars. Overall, the project is expected expect-ed to cost $l IS million. D.J. Baxter, spokesman for Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, said the FTA provides capital funds to start transport projects because they are very expensive. To receive the funding, Utah Transit Authority had to prove it could pay for the remaining 20 percent of construction costs and that it had enough money to operate the TRAX. Digging on the branch began Aug. 7, but UTA had been waiting wait-ing for the federal funds to start heavy duty construction. "When the administration said 'we are going to fund this.' then UTA felt it could start initial ini-tial work." Baxter said. "But until this (agreement) was signed, it didn't have a solid assurance the project was actually actual-ly going to be funded." The rail line is set to be finished fin-ished in Novemb2r 2002, but planners hope to speed up the work to complete it in time for the Olympics in February. The project was nearly diopped alter complaints that it would damage local businesses. Some downtown shop owners said the long construction period for city's first line, which began running in December, and the elimination of on-street parking drove their customers away. But SLC Rail Constructors, the construction consortium for the project, pledged the work would have minimal impact on businesses and homes along 400 South. Utah doctors head to Sydney to prepare for 2002 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A handful of Utah doctors w ho w ill lead the team of medical experts at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics are heading to the Sydney Games to get a firsthand look of what is in store for them. Ginni Borncamp. director of Intermountain Health Care medical med-ical services for the 2002 Games, and Dr. Richard Price, medical operations officer for the venue clinics, are among those going as observers. Sharon Harned. the medical operations manager, will be working in Sydney's Olympic Village Clinic for several weeks. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee is paying expenses for Borncamp and Harned. IHC is paying for Price. "We have limited opportunities opportuni-ties to see how this works in a practical way." said IHC spokesman Daron Cowley. "They can see it firsthand and learn the best ways to provide care. They can learn from successes suc-cesses and mistakes." !1i1iK(E!WQ IP :h2?9 Of 11 ? (S' i Ilk h f.'c I DC:i7 iTjn ml m mm The University of Utah Health Sciences Center, which will oversee the clinic at the Olympic Village in 2002, is sending send-ing three people: William Holt. Olympic coordinator for the hospital's hos-pital's "poly clinic." a facility that will be open round the clock for athletes and others associated associat-ed with the Games; Dr. Mark Elstad. medical director for the clinic: and Dr. Stuart Willick, medical director for the Paralympics. University and public funds won't pay their way, said University spokesman Ray Haeckel. The money will come directly from the school's hospital. hospi-tal. : ' ' The Environmental and Public Health Alliance, which is a coalition of local health departments depart-ments and several state agencies, is also sending representatives. The Utah Department of Health is sending deputy director direc-tor Scott D. Williams, who in 2002 will be responsible for public pub-lic health outside the Game venues, ven-ues, and state epidemiologist Craig Nichols. . "Craig is going to make sure we're ready for any bioterror-ism," bioterror-ism," said department spokeswoman spokes-woman Jana Carlson-Kettering. 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