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Show D4 The Salt Lake Tribune Airports: Cities Compete For U.S. Funds known as Black Slough. Of the 69 acres in the area, nearly 12 are in open water, 48 are mud flats- and nine have some standing water. Bruce Leonard, director of public works, said Brigham City will buy nearby wetlands if that is whatit takes to satisfy @ Continued from D-1 Denver, who oversees projects at airports in Utah and Wyo- the corps. However, for safety reasons, the city and the FAA do not want to encourage more birds near the airport, he said. runway,it probably would sink into mud and emergency vehi- ment is under way, and when completed, the city will stage a public hearing for the FAA and ming. If a jet were to run off the cles might not be able to reach it, he said. The FAA cannottell an airport what kindofaircraft can land,Sparks said. The agency provided $2 mil- lion two years ago to widen the runwayat Brigham City andis set to provide 90 percentof the cost of extending the runway 1,400 feet to 8,900 feet. Plans also call for building a new, longer and wider taxiway, and widening safety strips running paral- lelto the runway. Brigham Citywill pay 5 percentofthe tab andthestate the remaining 5 percent. The FAA figures it will spend $8 million, but Brigham City plans other improvements thatcould bring the total to $12 million or $14 million. The corpshas told Brigham City officialsit does notlike the city’s offer to mitigate wetlands lost to the airport by buying credits in the Inland Sea Shorebird Reserve Wetland An environmental assess- “It’s not like we can fool the FAA or ArmyCorps.It’s a fact alargerstrip, we're goingto get the same people coming here [to Ogden].” hesaid. “We have a full service airport, with all the amenities. ... We don’tfeel threatenedbythat at all.” Logan Mayor Doug Thompson, who says he has some “heartburn” over Godfrey'sintervention in Brigham City’s Misery: Transportation Policy Project discourages that prescription. with 10 new lanes. But the fact that so many of them were crowding the roads and detours in 1999 shows that even major construction does not cause most to look for alternative transportation. Wasatch Front roads don't need to be so congested. Ac- cording to the researchers, the Salt Lake area has the 12th-best and the numberof people who chose to stay off the roads tended to differentiate ' the cities. “What we should lookat is providing people with more choices instead of more roads,” McCannsaid. That does not mean researchers believe building more transit will end traffic seen that growth of Logan, Brigham City and Ogden,” he said. “We've looked at forecasts of population and employment and we believe all three airports are going to be needed.” Kano now worries that Ogden’s intervention will stall approval ofthe wetlands permit. “Westill have a pretty good. shot, but you never know,” Kanosaid. kmoulton@sltrib.com cisco Bay area get to work by an alternative to the car — or work from home it ranks routes to West Jordan, West Valley City, Draper and the Salt Lake City International Airort. bloomis@sltrib.com VALLE Y FAIR MALL Shop Valley Fair Mall and show $75 in same-day store receipts at our Customer Service Center to receive your FREE ee ic — St esau V A L L E Y F A | R Essentials For Living MEIER & FRANK * MERVYN’S « JCPENNEY Hours: Sunday 12 Noon to 6 pm, Mon, - Sat, 10. am fo 9 pm 3601 South 2700 West « 215 & 3500 South) Pena ar] = MOHEAY » aM » AMG « BLO}, GH « Od <3 JMG JG + AMEGIOYS SHLD = Furey ddoy + nQINIDY + C-L-Se Jos0p) 24, « SIpuef B77 Fanzz « B. 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MESTIC way every day between Sandy commuter rail between Ogden protective measures to prevent from leading any workshops for Mother’s Day Sale and a light-rail extensionto the University of Utah is under and Salt Lake City and TRAX light the logs in disposable roasting pans directly under ee butdid nothing to stop GOTCHA! and downtownSalt LakeCity, November.Those plansinclude Holden, the organization’s unpaid escort observed Fatali Columnists Rolly & Wells do it Monday, Wednesday and Friday plus passengers at least one Front voters in a tax vote last use offire. “We madeevery effort to use provide a unique but common photographic special effect for nighttime photography,” he wrote. work,0.6 percent biked and 3.2 the Utah Transit Authority fol- special-use permit forbade the “an existing pile of chopped residues smeared off thesoles of their boots, Fatali wrote. The next day, arch visitors reported finding a smoldering fire and subsequent investig- travel We were both shocked and sorely disappointed when we heard abouttheincident,” said erased,Fatali’s fires area prob- ’ Holden. “As soon as we were lem as fires are prohibited in notified, we suspended [Fatali] damage with thesole intent to packed up the pans andleft, thinking they hadleft no trace. Southwest letter. Regardless of the extent of area, he set another fire from firewood.” After several hoursof shooting the arch,Fatali and his students stomped out the fires, respected damage, which experts have Nonetheless, Fatali wrote he did not know the workshop's letter. He admitted igniting the slow-burninglogs in aluminum pans “away from the arch.” One hundred feet away, in a sandy percent worked at home, Since 1999, TRAX has begun shuttling an average of 20,000- bus lines approved by Wasatch admitted responsibility and offered to pay for restoration efforts, according to the Fatali the park except in the grills at the campground. Fatali wrote in his community In the Salt Lake area,364,052 Transit advocates point to Monday’s report as evidence of Parkofficials confronted Fatali within a day or two and he ny intent todo harm. of fire is “a common percentleave behind their cars. the gains that could be madeif reference to bootprints. professional techniqueoflighting during night photography,” index because fewer than 13 construction. newsrelease, which makes no and posted on his Website, Fatali acknowledged setting the fires, offers an apology and de- just 29th-worst. ‘That car-free figure represents nearly 24 per- lowsthroughwith newrail and is second only to Los Angeles for peak-hour congestion, but transit and other options hold development patterns and pref- - down the congestion burden erence for the car keep many index. Because more than from walkingor riding to work. 490,000 people in the San Fran- ‘Morgan Jewelers + Vi's Hallmark + Food Court « Pretzel Time + Northern Rclections + Fost Locker » Lady Foot Locker + Prins Plus + Kiddie Kandide + Couch House , never matic,” said Banks. “We have looked at the For instance, San Francisco areas. But the area’s sprawling Even in such a place, where the hunger for more roads seems insatiable, the Surface “We've around here. It’s pretty dra- where it appeared the fire had been set directly on the rock, and Rockvilleresidentslastfall been produced when chemical jams. “Nobody at this point is saying we're going to solve traffic congestion,” she said. “We're saying we can manage it. One way to manageit is to give people choices.” arrayoftransportation choices of the 68 major metropolitan magazine. According to Arizona Highways Publisher Win or 18,000, it appears that Brigham City has 38,000 a year. workers commuted by car in 1999, and the average time a driver spent delayed bytraffic was 18 hoursa year. The study found 3.9 percent used mass transit, 2.4 percent walked to level of transportation choices according to a Park Service The black tmarks must have found that lane: construction worst congestion. Instead, the Photographer ners expected. Instead of 17,000 centof the workforce there. which cities would have the every day,” McCann said. Utahns might expect some relief Monday, when the fouryear, 17-mile Interstate 15 rebuild is essentially completed Brigham City’s airport use has soared, particularly since the nearby Tremontonairport closed two years ago. Banks said a study this spring found twice as many landings and takeoffs as plan- Bycontrast, Los Angeles remainsat the top of the misery drove to work, 40,000 more cars on the road Wasatch Front, and the state nearly 19 percent in highway lane capacity and was in the top third of metropolitan areas adding lanes during the 1990s. Ingeneral, though, researchers was not a major indicatorfor have Thestate already does that, engineer with the Wasatch The Salt Lake area added Salt Lake area. “If everybody you’d ing money.” said Barry Banks, a planning for the remainder in Utah. plan, did not answerthe corps’ solicitation for comments. “We @ Continued from D-1 determine where we're spend- north. there are two other airports and it needs to be weighed,” Godfreysaid. “Whether Brigham City has Friends of Arizona Highways, a nonprofit support group for the @ Continued from D-1 Division of Aeronautics plans raised the point that there are two nearby airports. ation found large scorch marks southern Utah that are struggling. Manyare on the closure list,” said Godfrey. “We need to have a comprehensive plan and and one in Logan 25 milesto the decision on the wetlands permit or require more environmental studies. Godfrey said Kano’s reaction to his letter is out of proportion, since the agencyitself ArchFire: Admits Role Front Regional Council. His agency doesthe planningfor 11 municipal airports along the The corpsthenwill makeits Tuesday, May8, 2001 yearly maintenance money goes where it is needed most. “There are small airports in corps to gather comments about environmental impacts and otheralternatives, such as better use of the Ogden airport Mitigation Bank. Instead, the corps wants the city to buy and protect other nearby wetlands in,an area Salt Lakers Stuck in Traffic UTAH don’t need to be picking on each other,” he said. Godfrey said the state should do better planning forall airports so that the small pot of 6088 Se. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah Hours: Mon-Fri 9-6 Sat 10-4 272-0808 Terms Available 3 ¢8 @ credit. xf (413 TT SS LTT TTaT ISRAEL SAWYER BROWN = —~ UUELNY UAL a EYREEIR PL «i aaaS UMMMAULANAUTTER ALLLLAA BAe or ree on tat Fa oa Ce NOU a web. ueRac Ce |