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Show 4A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, March 15, 1989 A forum for opinion Wednesday March 15, 1S8D Over the past six months, the Salt Lake engineering Jinn of Parsons Brinckerhojf Quade & Douglas, Inc. has woiked on a corridor study ofU.S. 89 in an effort to develop proposals to make travel safer on the highway. The completed report suggests the state should develop L'.S. 89 into an expressway, with a series of underpasses and oxer passes, and a stretch offrontage roads. Lstunated costs for the project vary from approximately $70 million to $80 million. Traffic studies show about 23,000 vehicles travel the highway daily, and the number of fatal accidents is disproportionately high. Two mayors of cities which border the highway have expressed differing reactions to the results oj the study. Mayor Dean Brand in Fruit Heights and Mayor Richard McKenzie in Layton were asked to address the following questions: What is the best short-tersolution to U.S. 89? What is the best long-tersolution? Is the expense for the expressway improvements realistic? Following are their answers: Limited expressway best idea for safety FRUIT HEIGHTS It is an .acknowledged fact that Highway 89 has achieved the status of the Utah death strip. Therefore, safety improvements must be : ' the corridor. The expressway design is expensive (estimated $80 million) and understandably will be painful for many people, but then any solution chosen will be painful including doing nothing. Many will say the state cant afford such an expensive undertaking for this short stretch of highway. I feel what we cant afford are short term interim fixes unless they are an integal part of a phased, long term solution. How many times has the median treatment of Highway 89 been changed in recent years? How many times has the intersection at Farmington Junction been improved? Have any of these expensive improvements contributed to a long term made. Of the four viable alternatives evaluated in the recent state study, the limited access expressway with interchanges was selected as the design best suited for the safest handling of the steady increase in the volume of traffic expected from now through 2010. .The traffic on this highway will increase from the present rate of 23,000 per day to 46,000 by 2010. (The time frame of this study). There is no alternative traffic routing even in the design phase to relieve the pressure on 89. We presently have an opportunity to support a design concept that will function properly in 2010. If we fail to do this now, this opportunity will be lost forever due to encroaching development along Child sexual abuse articles get praise Lakeside Review editoh Thank you so much for run- ning that series of articles on Child Sexual Abuse this past month. For the past several months I have been dealing with the problem of incest in my very home. My husband had molested my two teenage sons for the past four years and w'as finally caught. Facing a very difficult situation with alot of drastic decisions to be made I sought help from the LDS Church leaders in my. area, professional counselors, and had to work with the legal system and social services. After several months of struggling with the consequences I have learned the hard way about the seriousness of this particular crime. My boys were court ordered and now Im out of our home in the long process of trying to get them back. If I had known they were going to be removed I would have demanded that my solu-tion...N- In my opinion we should move forward with the expressway alternative as quickly as possible to determine if funding for the phased implementations of husband leave the house. I was counseled that because my husband was repentant that the boys and our family could survive. In Jan Pughs series she clearly indicated many important facts and aspects from all sides that need to be taken into consideration and be made known to the people involved in any part of the decision making process. I have made copies of the series of articles and have given them to my clergy and to anyone else who is interested in learning the truth about this devastating problem. Name on jile Parents must shield kids from movies Lakeside Review editor: This is an open letter to all parents in the Davis County area whose children go to the Kays-vill- e e Theater. For years the Theater operated with only showing G and PG movies; however, in the last several years, R Kays-vill- . ISNT-imvTIMEeE- . i this plan can be secured. If funding does not become available expeditiously, traffic signals at some intersections will be required as an interim measure to releave safety hazards. It is my hope that the long term solution DOES NOT become a signalized Van Winkle Expressway, which incidently has an accident rate 3.5 times as great as Highway 89. In the event that happens, I believe we should change the name of the Highway 89 to the Quail Creek Damn Road. LAYTON Highway 89, Points of Interest: 1. The study initiation was a Davis County Council of Governments move principally for safety considerations. 2. Mainly through the persuasive powers of Mayor DeLore Thurgood of Syracuse and the willingness of adjacent and supporting communities to participate in funding, the Utah Department of Transportation agreed to provide the balance of the funding and contract for the study. 3. The study is professional and well done and reflects the parameters given to Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc. A tremendous amount of data was reviewed and developed, and a great insight into the involved area has become available for analysis and study. 4. The UDOT position of requiring total acceptance of the study conclusions or nothing will be done is unacceptable and tantamount to blackmail. 5. It would appear that UDOT is fully expecting Highway 89 to resolve its northsouth problems through Davis County for the next quarter century. Far more comprehensive planning is taking place in other parts of the State. 6. This superficial and belated planning through Davis County has left us without priority, sequence, or funding in resolving Highway 89 problems and UDOT northsouth problems. 7. In most cases, planning has protected the 89 Corridor as is, but the development of first rate residential areas adjacent to it mitigates against its expansion and increased through traffic attraction. 8. Environmental conditions along Highway 89 are unacceptable today and require immediate attention for correction. The proposed solution exacerbates those problems. Holding the line on traffic attraction will not solve them but will allow time for an acceptable solution. 9. Certain areas and conditions of 89 should receive immediate attention for safety sake and tc alleviate long standing problems. These can be identified from the study and should be given high priority and funding. 10. UDOT must be tasked with At the time my asked if he could go to the show I suppose my in Kaysville, mind was back a few years ago shows would when an not be shown at the show house. However, when I realized what the show was, I was sure he would be sent home. Certainly the theater would not allow children under the age of 17 into an show. Wrong again! Kaysville Theater WILL let children under the age of 17 into an Highway 89. 2. Standardized jersey barrier median treatment with additional northsouth lanes where possible. 3. Improved accelerationde-celeratio- n lanes. 4. Maximum selective access Richard McKenzie closures. 5. Minimize cross traffic as currently practical. 6. With a seperate project, construct the proposed interchange at 193. Couple this with the 193 improvement project. 7. With a separate project, construct the proposed interchange as proposed in the study. 8. Without regard to warrant and based on fatality history, signalize two or three major crossings immediately. 9. Working with front cities, preserve all options for expansion to full expressway design from this modified Transportation System Mangement (TSM) approach, based on conclusions of item 10. 10. Comprehensively study and develop a master plan for northsouth and eastwest traffic that does not necessarily depend on Highway 89 as its backbone. r ? , , j ' ed Him HI & HI though it never dawned on me that he would be allowed to go into that theater ater, even without an adult. ;i Name on file PLAIN or PEANUT i4oz. show. I must take full responsibility for my child getting into that the- ce $j0O 0 3 EASTER GRASS 6(1 PKGS. 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Reduction of the current speed limit by no less than 10 miles per hour on residential 3 0 Layton 1010 Hillfield Road of development northsouth rated movies have been shown at 9 p.m. When my son asked to go to the movies with the rest of his friends, down in Kaysville Friday, I told him yes. It wasnt until after he left that I found out that the show that was showing was The Accused. WW.,WWAVAW,V vAMW. Reduce speed, install signals ! . r,' I ' t EASTER PLUSH 25 OFF JAMES &CO. WVT Certified Public Accountants y Fort Lane Shopping Center 544-347- 3 Layton j ;j |