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Letter: Concrete or cement? That is the editorial question.

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Park and Ride lot at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon was nearly full Friday Feb. 5 after an overnight storm dropped some snow at the resorts. Phase 2 of the Mountain Accord process is being launched. It's emphasis will be to deal with existing traffic problems in the two Cottonwood canyons.

I agree with the points you make in your recent editorial “Outside the canyons.” I spent a 40-year career building highways and am well aware that an additional lane or two is not the solution to all transportation problems.

My primary reason for writing is a question I have about your choice of a word. In your last sentence, did you want to refer to a fine, dry powder (i.e., cement) or to a mixture of materials used to construct roadways (i.e., concrete)? I think that either word makes the last sentence correct, but there is a world of difference between the two materials. I would hope that your food writers would never confuse flour with dough.

David Zangrilli, Sandy