Show So Hearin Hearing Evokes Harangue A small section of the Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- master road plan drew the gaze of a mass massof massof of or residents Tuesday evening The city council room was filled to capacity with ten to 15 persons standing in the hall TOPIC UNDER discussion as whether a proposed strip of road on the master plan between Orchard Drive and East at 1800 South should be eliminated St. St Olafs Olaf's Catholic Church which now has a school just lust north of where the street w would ld go through recently asked the city council to remove remove re re- re- re move the road from th the masten master mas mas- tel ten ter plan so a church and possibly possibly pos pos- I sibl sibly additional school buildings buildings buildings build build- ings can be built together on the piece of land The cou council cil agreed to o the Uie request but a hea hearing ing is required b by law before before be be- for fore a change can be made THE TILE ROAD was placed on the master plan several years before the school was built Richard Hal Hansen Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- resident who has been studying the city's road system system system tem as work on a masters thesis gave background on the proposed street THE TIIE AREA ea east cast t and southeast southeast south south- east of oC the section involved will soon become one of the most densely populated in Bountiful he said with about acres and 2000 homes hones 0 planned for it in the near fu fU- fu- fu ture We want them Ulem to shop in Bountiful But they must have have access to do so Since we are arc alwa always s 's going to be a P t master bedroom for Salt Lake City we wc must also have access to that city as well as s within Bountiful IN THIS TIllS re respect the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed Wasatch Boulevard located located lo 10 on the old Lake Bonneville Bonneville Bonneville Bonne- Bonne ville level le will be very important important im ini in the future But along with this is the matter of arterial streets within the cit city From a planning standpoint most of or this traffic in the southeast area will have to use South which fortunately is a wide 80 foot fool street An Any other attempt to bring bling a road to the north into I Bountiful ful would be very expensive because of the wide ride deep Mill MillCreek MillCreek MillCreek Creek canyon he said Such costs wo would ld be b beyond yond a city's means TRAFFIC VOLUME is going go go- ing lag to be terrific on South he continued At present present present pres pres- ent it feeds from the wide street into East running north and south Going north it is only 50 feet wide while going south it is only 55 feet Sec See 18 8 South on page Three I I 5 So Continued from page one he pointed out From there autos auto will have have- to go into 1700 South 50 feet wide or 1900 South also 50 feet wide From the planning angle the logic logical w way y is to go straight through on 1800 South to Orchard Orchard Orchard Or Or- chard Drive Then drivers cango can cango cango go along that street or straight on down 1800 South h he said FATHER Robert Pollock of St. St Olafs Olaf's said his nain in incon concern concern concern con con- cern is the safety of the children now attending the school I doubt that traffic control can reduce the speed of automobiles coming down that steep road he said Actually if the road went through it would give us a magnificent corner on which to build a church But this would endanger the children and I am thinking ahead to the time when we will have have or children there BESIDES THIS TILlS he continued continued continued contin contin- if the road were shifted to the south line as has been disc discussed sed it Jt would ta take Mrs R Ree Reads Read's ds s 's h Ji hOue ouse use ai and if tW Uld not be fair T 1 Pe Perhaps Perhaps' haps l' l our ourt w t c h 11 seems selfish But while the street was on ori the master plan when we built our school four years ago there has been no attempt by the city since that time to tOI acquire the property for it he said I WHAT WOULD l 1 te saved aved b busing by using the proposed street r rather rather rath- rath th er er than 1700 or 1900 South he asked Probably about eight seconds is all Others com commenting enting said South would be adequate to carry the traffic if some other streets further on south were developed JERRY DUGGAN said this discussion is a c continuation of oJ the cattlemen and farmers dispute of old west days The cattlemen went in and burned down when they wanted to go through while the farmers tried to get things planted and tended Today roday you say the road must mustS go through But the landis land landis is very valuable for other uses PEOPLE WILL still f buy hom homes s 1 in th the Ute new area arCa even i ithe if the strip does not go through he continued Bountiful could still e expand without ut the strip so it is not r really ally needed Our ma main n congestion on in Bountiful is not automobiles but children Mr Duggan said We must plan f for r them AFTER THE hearing was adjourned some residents living liv live ing lag just south of the property being considered by St St. Olafs Olaf's for development objected to the possibility of the street i being being belag be be- ing lag shifted to the south property property prop prop- prop erty line so St. St Olafs Olaf's s could use all aU the land in between If the street were to follow the Ule south line it would put it with with- in eight feet of their homes they said sald This change could not be made without another public hearing however ON WEDNESDAY evening Mr Hansen explained his study to the city council stating stating stating stat stat- ing it would be a grave mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take to take the street off the master road plan As an example he pointed out that South above above- East can carry cars a aday aday aday day since it could have four lanes But South and South with only 34 foot sur surfaced Mir sur faced area would carry only five cars per hour according to national av averages rages he said THERE ARE many solutions solutions lions to bringing the road through If shifted there would have to be a buffer between it and the homes on the south This could be worked out But Bu if you eliminate the road from the master plan you are really really real real- ly asking for trouble because it will be a a bottleneck to any movement of traffic to th that tha t tarea area h he said |