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Show nei ST a eeeree ee ennner ner en TA eter NRRL A LR ATG Tt AE OTT Oe i Nace ~ - i WASATCH COUNTY COURIER * | August 5k, 1999 Good news and bad news on the Provo| Canyon Road Lee Allen, Contributing Columnist Priced from the 120’s 10 minutes to , it's not Deer Valley, but it’s close. — the Deer Valley Gondola. ais and Register to Vis aia Win A Wintergreen Mountain Vacation! Friday & Saturday « September $ &4 Current UDOT thinking is that By lay- : ing even more fill on the side of the BOR buttress the road across the river to the far side of the dam can be run across the new face of the dam, from top ‘of the cost allowance For more information pan laee Enk Zenger at 435.640.2000 Convenient location dam on the right, GEORGETOWN as one Large amounts ace ee of fill material will become available from cuts made in the . : ae ae. 5 Se a ot ot Bad Eagk Dress www.gtownbldr.com He 654.5599- - 801.374.0772 hillside for the. widened road from shes % : proposals released, a contract signed and construction begun. The critical portion of Phase HI construction is how to take the road across According to Dan Deer Creek Dam. Nelson, Senior Project Manager for UDOT District 3, it now appears that UDOT will be working closely with the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which supervises most of the dam construction in the U.S., to achieve that crossing. According to Nelson, Reclamation the Bureau of (BOR) has recently com-. pleted a survey of earth filled dams and has concluded that the Deer Creek Dam, among others, should be but- tressed with fill on the downstream side to provide additional strength in the HOME LOANS « FHA the costly and forced ; rit ” onli’ ¢ Free Prequalification ineffective post, ¢ Competitive Rates in Phase I near the mouth of the canyon at considerable expense for installation and removal. Now they are pushing for double metal beam guard rails in the median instead of the more cost effective and dividers. easier to maintain * New Construction Financing * Investment Properties concrete 3 ¢e Home Equity Loans No one is sure how this safety issue will be resolved, but one thing is sure. ¢ VA * CONVENTIONAL j should be halted because it costs too much, is now involved in a battle over median barriers. cable and weed solution on the medians After acceptance of the SEIP final design will be completed, requests for y } and are dollars the project eS of additional likes to claim | then an who } of thousands held and comment with what ever modifications are needed, in about two to three months. ati t the ee in road project has cost taxpayers hundreds _ You recall these are the same folks who taken and an effort CREDIT APPROVAL AT TIME OF APPLICATION! The Provo Caio involvement It will take about a year to complete the SEIP. After that public hearings will be made to reconcile different interests. If all goes well the SEIP will be accepted, ¥ q } whose a 4 Coalition, ees Engineer building restrictions. Now the bad news. ‘IREPUBLIC ao satan from the Sundance turn-off to Deer Creek State Park. This supplemental work, which will add about fifteen months to the project’s life and up to a quarter million dollars to its cost was a concession made to the Provo Canyon Coalition and the American Canoe Association when they sued UDOT over a misunderstanding in Corps of " ment (SEIP) on Phase III construction — ises a much safer canyon road for the hundreds on Wasatch County residents who travel to the Provo-Orem area each day for work. : state- COMPANY - r impact MORTGAGE capt environmental LEADING : Professional, Friendly Service If this small and vocal group of self- appointed guardians of the “environment” are the only ones heard from by UDOT, they will likely get their way again. Courier readers who have an interest in safe travel on the canyon road may want to contact Mr. Alan Mecham, Director of Region 3, 825 North 900 West, Orem, Utah 84058, Phone 801-227- 8000 and let him know you prefer the more cost effective concrete barriers. It would also be a good time to thank him for all the work that has gone into making the canyon road safer for the residents of Wasatch County. e In-Home Appointments JOE PROBST - Bring in this ad for your FREE APPRAISAL! REPUBLIC MORTGAGE 654-2818 * 190 North Main * Heber City eaten seegmenpen croee ! | ] plemental UTAH’S a Completion, which is years away, prom- months a contract will be let for a sup- 1a Within the next few ~ construction. First to the good. niente new median safety barriers. dam to the state park. This material could likely be used in the dam section emt | iad over aoe eee f woe «m. Generous closing | | more in a hassle with UDOT Microwave mR Air Conditioner Indoor pool/spa looks upstream... than $150,000 from the taxpayers, insisting on costly and ineffective median construction in Phase I is now engaged am about midway up on the left side to the The bad news is that the Provo Canyon after legally extorting — ace a r (62 emi and defeat the road project have their way, construction will begin on Phase Il, from the Sundance turn-off to Deer Creek State Park. Private fenced yard with patio Acres of landscaped parks — Quiet, double-wall construction European architecture Low down payment | FHA loans available. Incredible club house offered 1 EIS STOR Canoe Association, Escalante Bob (Redford) and others who work to delay ls — “Powis ~ asia SOM ANT | half to three years, unless the American Attractive Incentive Package 3 1 mr event of an earthquake. The good news is that within two and a Coalition, 2 & 3 bedrooms paaaDRDID? Na Deer Creek Dam, sataimees in11941, is5 235 feet t hich ate 1, 304 feet iain: If the Bureau of Reclamation. follows through with current plans, it will reinforce_the dam with a buttress that will give it extra strength to withes better. UDOT may then build a road up the front side. stand pices |