Show t - ef road list ready la brief Man dies as car : crashes into trailers With transport panel due councilors adjust repair priority A Preston man wm killed this morning when his car crashed into a parked trailer oaUS Highway 91 Paul Miner 36 was traveling south on llS 91 near a rest stop north of With foe Utah Transportation Advisory Committee holding a meeting in Cache County July 22 the Cache County Council adjusted its road priority list for state repair consideration meat According to Franklin County Sheriff Chief Deputy Dave Fryar Miner's 1988 “A lot of towns will be approaching them" County Executive Lynn Lemon said “We do this annually and we think it’s important to have a list” The top five candidates did not vary during foe council’s discussion but they did jockey for position Utah State Highway 163 from Nibley to Hyrum jumped from No 4 on the list to No 3 after council members Larry Anhder and Guy Ray Pulsipher lobbied to put it as high as No 1 “The road's almost finished There’s' with head-o- n another trailer parked at the test stop Transit officials seek to avoid a vote SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When 'Salt Lake County residents voted down a tax hike for the north-soulight-ra- il officials transit made end run an system and are building it anyway Now the tailbacks of mass transit like to dodge a taxpayer vote on exten- light-ra- il the west-ea- 1 such a little bit to finish this one A mile By Lance Pilcher staff writer Franklin at about 4:32 am when his vehicle drifted into the northbound lane anE swiped the side of a parked trailer holding highway construction equip- - pickup then collided Page 3 Wednesday Juty 15 1998 Th Hwtld Journal Logan Utah I th While Logan Canyon and US Highway hierarchy 91 were criticized as top choices by Anhder is all they need” Anhder said He also said the road has received the biggest push of late from citizens including road improvement priority Hst Councilman Darrel Gibbons said keeping them as the top two choices continues foe US 89 through push for their improvements Anhder however said it's just not going to happen “Logan Canyon won't be done for a long time” Anhder said The council voted to put Utah 163 at Na 3 to show it was a serious concern Hyrum Mayor Gordon Olson Between Hyrum and Nibley Utah 163 merges from four lanes to two lanes and then merges back to four: Lemon said the road is dangerous but county officials have put their support on roads that access Cache County “Before Wells ville Canyon was done that was our top priority” Lemon said Logan Canyon US 91 north of Smithfield 91 Utah 165 between Hyrum and Nibley Lemon said foe proposal for US 91 is to widen the highway to four lanes instead of two Since that time Logan Canyon (US 89) has become the top road for funding and improvement while US 91 north of Smithfield is Na 2 Proposed "Cache He said foe idea has received support from the state in the past but has never been backed by serious funding Valley Highway Utah 30 (Wiley “At one point it was high on the state's The proposed Cache Valley Highway list” Lemon said “They realize important” ranks fourth while VUley View Highway (Utah 30) ranks as Na 3 : The Cache County CouncX ' View Highway) it's st They fear voters uncertain about light rail's success in Salt Lake VUley could squelch the tax increase if the election were held before the light-ra- il system opens The system is scheduled to begin operation in early 2000 several months after the 1999 election If the voters said no Congress then might not pay for building foe $400 milnarth-eout- lion h extension because transit west-ea- st officials must show they have the S3 million to $10 million per year to operate it once it is byilt In die long term that operating money would depend on increase a sales-ta- x The planners ilso are worried about losing the large provided by the 2002 Olympics In all $640 million has been earmarked by the federal government and transit-hu- b for light-ra- il construction but with the condition that all work be done by the 2002 Games “Personally I am reluctant to do a referendum (in 1999) without people seeing what they are going to get for their money'' said Jim Clark presided! ' of fooUtah-lhnsi- t Authority boird i Ho believes there “is some leeway there to move money around" for the UTA to temporarily operate a t referendum can system until a sales-ta- x be scheduled — after both north-sou- I west-cas- th systems are launched The Legislature may be asked to provide temporary funding to get west-ea- st and west-ea- st trains rolling with the promise that a sales-ta- x referendum would be held later said UTA General Manager John IngUsh’ Gateway upgrade estimate climbs i m 1 'll 1 f gr-j- - "jif y ii3‘ft uM 'ljU juffi) GiriberteiTOWllision 630-acr- new streets and sidewalks buried power lines and a parkway i Last month City Redevelopment Agency Director Alice Steiner figured the work not including electrical improvements would total $83 million But now with the cost of burying the area’s power lines factored in just bringing the Gateway up to par with the rest of the city will cost about $100 mil- - ' ' w ’ 7 S John WilkiiVHeraM Journal ! tour passengers with her Dan Lott 14 of Provo and Jarem Shook IS of West Valley City who were treated at the hospital and released Spencer Shook 6 of West Valley City was treated for abdominal wall contusions and Mandy Shook 4 of West Vafiey City was taken to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City She was reported to be In serious condition this morning Both vehicles were totaled in the accident Lott was cited for driving left of center according to the UHP Preston votes to turn off tap on unpaid bills foe accrual of high balances City Clerk staff writer ern Gateway has grown — by $17 million — since last month e Before the expanse of railroad tracks contaminated dirt factories and warehouses can become a trendy neighborhood the Gateway will need ' Logan First Respond) attend to victims of an accident involving a van and passenger car in Providence on Tuesday afternoon 'Three ambulances responded to foe scene and took six patients to Logan Regional Hospital According to the Utah Highway Patrol Ruth Lott 70 of Providence was traveling east on 100 North when she fe asleep and drifted Into oncoming baffle The 1 982 OfctomoBBe ahe was driving collided heed-o- n with Logan resident Ronald Cook's 1988 Chevrolet Aatrovan at 190 W 100 North Both were treated and released from Logan Regional Hospital Lott had By Arrin Brunson SALT LAKE CTTY (AP) — The estimated cost of fixing up foe city's west- - ' State Street makes showering difficult of 60 as the new Preston ordinance expect reconnection in foe evenings and on weekends Heusser said “This will be done during business hours” he said “We will not pay someone overtime to come out” But at the same time Heusser said the city will never disconnect service on n Friday leaving people stranded all weekend Public Works Director Scott Martin said a certified letter will be delivered allows announcing the pending shutoff so limited hours for Jerry Larsen said Some homeowners PRESTON — A new ordinance in Preston is designed to stop foe tide of unpaid balances oo the city records Homeowners with overdue water bills no longer have foe luxury of sailing by with minimal payments Instead the City Council voted unanimously Moo-da- y to shut foe water off when a balance is 60 days past due Only when foe balance is pud in full can residents pay another $20 to have the service turned back on according to the new ordinance Without this measure city officials bad no way to collect payment on delinquent accounts If someone had paid as utile as $10 on the $30 monthly water bill there was no policy in place to stop have balances as high ns $300 and they are getting further behind every month he slid The policy isn't designed to leave anyone without water city officials said In fact many other cities have stricter policies Larsen said requiring payment m full within 30 days of billing instead And foe small percentage of homeowners who have high balances will be given the opportunity to catch up on their delinquent accounts instead of having the service terminated Mayor Jay Heusser said Another change in foe city policy will add an incentive for prompt payment Gone arc foe days when residents can homeowners will have a final chance to pay their balances and avoid the cost and inconvenience of reconnection Along foe same lines the City Council listened Monday to complaints about low water pressure Preston resident Dean Clark said he has been frustrated this summer because low pressure in the city waterline near his home on South while the sprinklers are running Clark told the council he has measured the pressure on the waterline at different times during foe day and found variations ranging from 30 to 60 pounds One possible explanation he said is Preston residents are not abiding by the city sprinkling hours Watering in Preston is allowed during addresses on ed odd-number- days and addresses on even days — and no one may w ater on the 31st day of a month The council said the city will step up efforts to enforce the watering hours by asking the Preston Police Department to cite homeow ners violating the policy even-number- “The investment in Gateway has been nonexistent" said Councilman Roger Thompson I ! Farmers gain from EPA exemption — Idaho BURLEY A recent (AP) emergency exemption by foe one-ye- ar Environmental Protection Agency could help farmers reduce the number of pota--' toes lost to silver scurf and late blight ' Farmers often lore some potatoes in 1 2 storage to disease bnt foe exempted chemical Purogene manufactured by e International Ino may solve some growers’ problems said Phillip Nolte University of Idaho seed potato specialist “Potatoes are highly perishable and anything growers can do to reduce foe risk is money ahead for them” he said “Very simply they win have a crop that to easier to store7 Purogene's active ingredient to chlo- rine dioxide Nolte said Pul Reeves vice president of opera- e said this version of dons for Bio-Gd- 2 jl j b i! - Bio-Gd- 2 chlorine dioxide to different and better: Planners work to ease Davis traffic Police look SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rush hours in southern Davis County confront commuters with some of the worst congestion in the state “It has gotten worse over the last few years and it's going to get worse over time" said Doug Hattery transportation engineer for the Wasatch Front Regional Council an urban planning agency supervised by local governments Utah Department statistics show that of Transportation " 1 21 COPY way the initial 13-mi- stretch of a le Highway because of wetland damage Hansen said he still plans on the pro- ject beginning next year and being to Farmproposed highway from ington The whole highway will even- completed by 2002 Brigham City “Our analysis shows that foe entire planned $1 billion 13 tually run 170 miles from Ncphi to Environmental Impact Statements for both foe Legacy Parkway and a the widening 13 between Salt Lake City and Kaysville project all the way from north of will be submitted in the next few Ogden to south of Ptova to probably months the most needed new facility that The Deseret News poll showed that should be built foe Wasatch Front" in said Will Jefferies executive director of the Wasatch Front Regional Coun-ci- L Davis County residents were split on the Legacy alignment with a slight near Farmington has jumped from 1 majority — 37 percent to 32 percent 8673 can per day to 13678 can per — favoring n route running further 1994 from to foil of April day April Kent Hansen public affairs director east than that submitted to foe Army yes a 33 percent increase overall and for the Legacy Highway said of Engineers thus affecting less an average 8 percent increase per year expansion alone won't cut h ft would Corps wetland TVenty percent said they do Bryan Parker of UDOT said traffic take 18 lanes of blacktop to accommoto projected to increase 120 percent in date projected traffic needs in 20201 he not want the highway built at all foe next two decades : said The poll of 101 Davis County adults had a margin of error of 8 percent A work Deseret flexible News poU conTelecommuting copyright schedules and an adjusted work week ducted by Dan Jones ft Associates Environmental Impact Statements to burden said that 36 percent of Davis County turn US 89 into a may ease some of the expressadults said they would use foe road at way with But transportation officials are pushinterchanges have already least once a week and 20 percent said been solution coning for a approved The project should they would use it several times a week cost about $330 million and work has of miles down new of sisting laying While foe Ui Army Corps of Engiasphalt The plan includes building foe already begun on the Cherry Hills from neers has threatened to reject foe route Interchange and it too mill progress as Legacy Parkway expanding three to five ban and improving U 5 currently proposed for the Legacy funding becomes available Interstate-1- 3 traffic 1-- 13 13 six-la- three-prong- StAtftlHWStlDfl CaB reporter Mike Wefoel 752-21Ext 3031 - Highway 89 Key to foe plan to foe Legacy Park- 1-- ne at motives in Ogden killing OGDEN (AP) — Detectives here are investigating whether the weekend shoot- ing death of an Ogden man may have been committed in Bardomiano Vazquez 42 died in the shootout with a Mexican national earn ing a card identifying him as Fernando Sagaste Sagaste also sustained multiple gunshot wounds in foe duel anJ was listed in fair condition at McKay-De- e Hospital on Tuesday “We're still in foe midst of determining exactly what happened between the twa" said Ogden Detective Mike Ashment Criminal charges against Sagaste hinge on whether police determine Sagaste was defending himself from Vazquez On Sunday hospital staff called police whin Sagaste who was not under guard tried to get up and walk away self-defen- se id “You don't expect a gny with that bullet holes in him to try to get up and walk out of the place" said Ogden Police Chief Jon Greiner on many 45-cali- |