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Show WASATCH COUNTY October 5, 1999. COURIER Heber Plans for Bypass Road — sam Allen, Courier Staff If Paul ‘Royall has his way, Wasatch | bypass will provide more direct access to County will get a bypass road. The plan ~ a proposed industrial/commercial |site ) in near the sewage treatment plant. In for a bypass has been languishing addition, the bypass will eliminate heavy _ planning committees around the county for years now and according to Royall, - truck traffic on River Road, a win-win there are only a few months left before situation for. Midway City. the opportunity to have one will disap» One of the problems with. planning for any pear. bypass is that, in order for a bypass road If the city and county don’t protect to work effectively, it must tie together potential corridors for the bypass road US 40 and US 189 close to the existing now, developers will put the land to use LIS 40/US 189 intersection at oF south for something else. If that happens, the - end of Heber. city and county will not-be able to afford If a bypass road is built that only conto buy it from them later. Paul Royall, a nects with US 189 south of the airport — member of the Heber City Planning ‘as some have proposed, 40 percent of Commission, has taken this bull by the the thru traffic will still have to pass’ horns: and has asked Heber City to . : . \ j . q ; t : , | * : 7 through town in order to get on the road quickly draw up preliminary plans. He is also working closely with Midway and - to Denver. The only way to remove all the thru traffic would be to make sure Wasatch County to make sure any prothe bypass road creates a high speed posed road meets their needs. connection all the way from US 40 The ideal bypass road would form a loop ‘north of town to US 40 south of town, around the west side of Heber and it iritersecting US 189 on the way. would connect US 40 just north of town Approximately 60 percent of the south bound traffic on US 40 goes to Provo; south of . Heber. These connections _ would enable all through traffic on its - “the other 40 percent goes towards way to Provo or Denver to avoid the. Denver. with Midway Lane, US 189 and US 40 > congestion on Heber Main Street. This — would also reduce the dangerous traffic congestion that has been the cause of so | many pedestrian accidents in the past. A high speed, non-stop connection with Midway Lane will help alleviate the traffic problems on River Road and Midway Planning Burgi Lane. member Joe Probst is are two proposals for tying _- Heber. One proposal calls for a road that -.. would curl directly under Heber in a tight loop that would pass by the north _ end of the airport. The second proposal _ would call for a bypass road that would connect with US 189 just south of the airport in favor of the bypass. Probst says that the » and then cut across Daniel to meet up with US 40 eastbound. How Can New T L ef AMM Commission There - together US 40 and US 189 south of 3 tad o G NS Make Bedtime More Fun? | be Shaw's Glow Reggie™ Glow Collection. county would like to see since it would not go through the North Fields. Option C near the south end of town would tie in U.S. 189 with U.S. 40. And right now you can save big on every Reggie™ Glow The second proposal is less desireable _ style. Your kids will love it. since the road would be longer, more expensive and would go right through © Hey, they may even get to bed early fora change! the middle of a residential zone. The first proposal is the one that Heber City is starting to pursue. Mu Le Fun patterns and beautiful colorations starting at U SES OPEN 10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri.. 480 North Main” =" Heber City, UT I 10. am- 5pm, Sct. _(435)654- |1817 | runway. This does not leave a lot of wig- 90 Days. Same As_ Cash_ cad A. Ge. ne economically or politically feasible. — The reason time is of the essence right now is that much of the land that would. be needed for the bypass road is also prime development land. If the city and county do not come up with a designated pathway for this road in the next few months, the owners of the pee may choose to develop. ‘The main problem Ci iS City now is trying to protect a corridor for the new road. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will eventually ~ ~The only way the city and county can ~~ pay for the road but local government prevent this development is if they authorities must provide a corridor first. know exactly where the road will go. _ This corridor has to be 200 feet wide | They can only delay the development of the properties for a few months or so_ and it must leave a buffer zone between without concrete plans. itself and the north end of the airport - Other stves from f Sutininstalled. =LTay piBey: 2 ~~ This map taken from the County’s 1997 Transportation Master Plan shows an _ older plan for a bypass road that is similar to one that is currently under con- | _ sideration. Option B near the top of the map is UDOT’s recommended route | _ for the north section of the bypass road. Option A is what most people in the | easy...get Glow-In-The-Dark carpet Trom LLL. PAU IL i AIIM —e | gle room for planners. Construction of a bypass road will not. begin until‘ ‘the great sucking sound” of In fact, several existing facilities, includ- the I-15 construction project stops using _ing the school bus depot, would have to -up> most of the state’s transportation budget. This toad might first be a two _. be relocated: The only other alternative lane bypass road that would be expandwould be to build the connection eee ies ae TO SATS HotT™ 7" "through Daniel iid this"i8 oe pee | |