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Show _TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH enterville dodges much of the developable land, exceptin Centerville. Said Thacker: “I have a hard Angry Over egacy Choice business park, take out three It “Nobody's considering how much More noise we're going to others and eat up more than a have with two freeways running throughhere,” hesaid Hogan & Associates, a Center- third of the land the city had ville construction companythat plannedfor future business-park development. Andprobably most disturbing ofall, Legacy wouldbeelevated 30 to 35 feet for more than a mile, about a third of Centerville’s ing over the remain: ing business park and blocking of the lake and Antelope Island. As MayorFrankHirschi put it M ina letter to the Transportation Commission this week, the new route “will be abitterpill for CenWe feel weare thesacrificial lambinthis project.” The businesses that would be forcedto find new homesare none too pleased,either. “The sad thing is people mean nothing, but let's not disturb the animals because they won't ad just.” said Phil Keith, whose automotive-repair shop would haveto find a new home after16 s on Parrish LanewestofI-15 “It's politicians’ shortsightedness. They're afraid to make the envi ronmentalists mad.” What prompted the changeof route was the U.S. ArmyCorpsof. Engineers’ refusal to go along with the previous path proposed py the governor, Davis County cities and the Utah Departmentof Transportation. @ Reroutingof Legacy’s land ed Interstate Lake City and Og. businesses, force changes at two terville to swallow Lane. dicts an even bigger mess than the 1 Continued from D-1 views terstate 15 interchangeat Parrish offs” made amongtheroutes. If Legacy is built, Keith pre That route Alignment C wasfarther west but would gobble up more of wetlar ds considered vital for mi- Antique Reproduction Furniture Sale itowns west ofthe proposed route, Thacker said. “We want to pre serve our development options.” He concedes that the city doesn’t have muchleverage to win the concessions from UDOT And it would rather see the n scapedtrail through thebusin park with city involvement in planningit. Also, the city is dropping its earlier promise not to develop 30 posedroute than no Lega The commutertrafficdis acres next to 70 acres of wetlands Thacker said. Just finished the Peaks Ice Arena { OKTOBERFEST Dil city-owned land to the west of the proposed route. @ Earlier expansion ofthe In. time understanding thetrade- i October15, 1999 by congestion on Interstate crowding Centerville’s streets and robbingit ofits small-townfeel, PIANO CLEARANCE! in Utah Countyand is the con: tractor for the newly proposed prison in Grantsville, also will haveto move. “It’s disheartening,” said owner MikeHogan, “Wethought a decision had been reached.” Fouryears ago, the city pressed Hogan to move his construction company off MainStreet andinto Select from both Provincial or Victorian Summerhays Music is clearing out certain brandsof pianos. the business park, and hebuilt a new headquarters and 7-acrecon: struction yard. ‘I don’t have anywhereto go,” said Hogan, “It's pretty hard to keepall happy these government entities These specials are on in-stock pianos only so hurry in before the deals are gone! Finding new landwill be difficult, particularly if Hogan tries to remainin Centerville. “But it's thedisruptionthat's hard to puta dollar valueon,” he said. UDOThas a storage yard that STORY & CLARK CONSOLES $2995 MAEARI CONSOLES $2995 NEW PLAYER PIANOS $4995 will have to go, and Centerville has land next to its public-works building whereit had plannedto build a sto ae facility for its parks departmer The city a ‘UDOT to help it buy land on thenorthsideofits public works building to replace that used by the new route. That's one of several concessions the city requests in the letter from the mayor this week. It also wants: @ Newfrontage roads that will provide future Ends Saturday, October 30th RUNn es MUSIC.CENTER Ecce eeeSa The Heart ofSugar House Murray, Utah’84123 801-268-4446 34 2051 South 1100 East + Sugar House| yom! aa Aenea access to the re maining business-park land and grating bird The Corps, which would have to issue a permit before Legacy could be built, has backed Align: ment A, which would runfarther east and consume the fewest wet lands. But cities balked becauseit would devour more developable land. Alignment D, the newly en ONTatom dorsed compromiseroute, essen. tially runs between A andC. It spares morewetlands than C and Twin Mattress State Approval Full @ Continued from D-i Mattress t Friday that announced the compromise alignment andindi cated the U.S. Army Corps of En gineerslikely would approveit Save on eat altoss sereUieaato eons oleMeee NL » Utah’s LowestPrice Better Quality Because Weare the Factory Better Service SALE STARTS NOW NC DOWN PAYMENT $90 and Above Interest Free o*° Legacy ‘D’ Wins Grudging soe 467-1579 124 YEAR HERITAGE OF QUALITY FURNITURE XY 4°]: ~Any’ Size Queen New! Best Price in Utah Each: oe FiTata) 299 Full or Queen Set Pillow Top Sold ro MAbeehC-t-10) Matiress King Set $599 The Corps is key because it de- cides whether to issue a permit to build the roadway. Theagency *339 had opposed the commission's original preferred route Align: ment C because it would harm more Great Salt Lake wetlands than Alignment A farthereast The newly “preferred” Align ment D is a blend of A and C. \lignment D would wipe out 118 acres of prime wetlands compared with 113 acres in A and148in ( But as commissioners did what they were expected to do Thursday approve the alignment switch uncertainty continued to swirl around what the federal Environ: a ee $389 $439 Famous Individual Wrapped Coil : You Do Not Disturb Your Partner While You Sleep. Full Set: CTCCnesT Twin Set Full Set Queen Set King Set $357 °459 °549 King Set mental Protection Agency's posi n would be on Alignment D. Even if the Corps signs off on that route, there is no guarantee the EPA would go along. ADJUSTABLE BED SALE EPA's veto is the ultimate de cision,” said Dave Ruiter, the Bunkbeds agency's regional wetland coordi vator, “The project cannot go forward until our concerns have been resolved. Those concerns, he said, center not only around the vetland acres directly lost because of the freeway’s footprint, but also the hundreds of acres farther east that The Sierra Club already is rais ing the prospect of a lawsuit to stop the Legacy Highway. Spokes man Mare Heileson is vowingto go to the mat on this one Eight other environmental and growth organizations also oppose the roadway, no matter which 5479 Will foster suburban sprawl along to accommodate growth illion project could ty in 2001, under with completion In could delay constr three or more year yR COPY uction another 169 Frame Haag 268 —_w/mattress Payments start at $25 a month po. *599 DAYBEDS one w/mattress F 119 as shown SOLID PINE w/mattress OGDEN 1800 WASHINGTON BLVD, 399-0950 starting ot unk w/mattress WITH BLACK METALRAILS omen °265 °364 L__.MATTRESS FACTORY wmavy ory SOMBTRUCTION wooo onADO $ fe CITY 07 sat Nee sou 467-3754 W, MATTRESS a Ful Hardwood Frame MAINTENANCE FREE cn ORS 1 59 $169 Hardwood $ its corridor, and that Utah should explore other transit alternatives 108 UDOT's Legacy project man ager Byron Parker said lawsult $159 TWIN OVE Complete w/mattress rdute. They believe the highway approved, construction of the $370 FRAME wn Metal Futon be to take the EPA to court SIGNATURE SERIES 299 °377 FUTONS would have would Leavitt's news release Friday Predicted that if Alignment D Is Multi Color, Red - White - Blue TWIN OVER FULL Frame $340 complete w/mattress would be affected Ifsuch concerns are noterased, the veto would stand. The only re course UDOT PattINTEREST | { Pee AY 5 Drawer Chest 6 Drawer Dressers Twin Headboards 454199 °330 $89 |*119| °25 Bunk w/mattress and bunk boards HOLLADAY WEST JORDAN WEST VALLEY KEARNS 8901 SOUTH 5200 wast 3645 WEST 6400 SOUTH 4500 FOUTH HIGHLAND 8, 566-4474 967-6577 272-4676 LAYTON 563 NORTH MAIN 546-6260 REM 1032 SOUTH STATE 224-0101 AMERICAN FORK 40 WEST MAIN ST 756-0497 Cy 6 Months - No ry No Payments ® No ‘Down OAC - Purchase Over $750 J |
