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Green activists, neighbors blast new West Davis freeway plan

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:58:32 MDT

Green activists, neighbors blast new West Davis freeway plan

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 10:58PM MDT

The Utah Department of Transportation on Thursday unveiled its preferred route for the new West Davis Corridor freeway — the northwestern extension of Legacy Parkway — that it says will best reduce congestion, be least expensive and have fewer impacts to existing homes, farms and wetlands. But community and environmental groups blasted the plan, saying it will ruin rural neighborhoods and harm wildlife and wetlands. They argue the project is not needed and will help only developers as it leads t...

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Rethink freeway

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Rethink freeway

Updated May 10, 2013 01:01AM MDT

A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation drawing boards for years. The agency is ready to release its draft environmental impact study and name its preferred route. But the best alignment may be no alignment at all. Things have changed since UDOT first started looking at routes for what is now Legacy Parkway, connecting Farmington to Salt Lake City, and its eventual extension northward. Urban planning has evolved wit...