| Show r or o oCI oa CI a r oGI oc c o GI o GIo C Daybreak increases housing on the West Bench nu n Westside ide Utah housing develops at speed high-speed Anne Kay Hansen Contributing Writer Daybreak on steroids is how Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Carroon described the expansion expansion expansion sion of Lands Land's west bench development at a public meeting in South Jordan on Oct 13 2005 Our focus is on economic development in terms of Salt Lake Carroon said Not necessarily necessarily necessarily just focused on the unincorporated part of the county county county coun coun- ty that we have but to try to coordinate all development countywide Carroon spoke of the massive expansion the county is naming Utah as one of the nations nation's hot spots in terms of growth and home prices Part of this can be attributed to current and future development Daybreak Earlier in the week Salt Lake County and Land Daybreak Cont on Page 4 Daybreak Cont from front announced a West Bench Master Plan which will extend the Daybreak development development development devel devel- to Magna This will bring more opportunities for jobs housing housing housing hous hous- ing and recreation along the west bench for the next 50 years said Jana Kettering senior communications specialist specialist specialist for Land Covering square miles the development will create new housing units The west bench construction will draw a half a million people to the Salt Lake Valley VaIley within the next 50 years This project will be looked at worldwide Carroon said We are not going to be doing things in a traditional manner He described the nontraditional nontraditional nontraditional approach as a break from segregated zoning areas such as blending residential residential residential resi resi- areas with business and open space into one development What it will essentially be beis beis beis is one big planned unit devel devel- One huge project Carroon said There will be different nodes and is going to be developed over time probably 50 years Traffic was named as the biggest challenge the development development development devel devel- will present Carro Carroon on suggested the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed Mountain View Corridor as one solution the funding funding funding fund fund- though also aso s stating ing mechanism will delay completion of the transportation tion project for 25 years The plans for the corridor are not final Carroon Cartoon mentioned the idea of it being a toll road or even selling off excess land to put the construction responsibility on developers Land has also considered the transportation issue in its master plan Weve been a supportive company toward other transportation transportation transportation trans trans- options such as the Mountain Mounta n View Corridor Kettering said She mentioned that they have also been a participant in meetings for the Mid- Mid Jordan Line which is slated for completion by 2010 Another option under consideration consideration consideration con con- by the company is using the Copper Rail lines for continuing the light rail up the west bench The West Bench Master Plan reserves acres for a college campus Educational sites will be part of the plan Kettering said The schools that will occupy this land and other details have not been determined determined deter deter- determined mined but Carroon looks forward to extending the educational opportunities to the southern part of the Salt Lake Valley VaIley Carro Carroon on also announced the development will open up the Oquirrh Mountains for recreation which have been closed to the public for more than 70 years Thirty-four Thirty thousand acres of the land will be open space including the possibility of one or two ski resorts There are people who live on the western part of the valley who no longer will wil have to go to the eastern part of the valley to ski Carroon added Its nice that people have those recreation opportunities opportunities opportunities as well The Daybreak d development was launched in June 2004 and is currently in its fifth phase of construction One- One third of the available homes sold out in the first 10 days of its opening The community's community's community's first school ty center Daybreak Elementary opened this falland fall falland falland and ground was broken on a major retail development The District Target and a Larry Miller movie theater are a couple of the anticipated ed retailers Magna will be the location of the second city center for forthe forthe forthe the massive development Salt Lake County is working on revitalizing the city's main street in hopes that it will spur development According to Carroon's time line construction will continue on the city centers over the next two to three years with development progressively progressively progressively pro pro- connecting them over time In a final word Carro Carroon on quipped The east bench has million dollar homes but the west bench has million dollar views |
