Letter: Air quality ‘roadmap’ gives us hope
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) In this February 2016 file photo, Jason Dunn of Draper seeks higher, cleaner air as he rides his bike to a peak overlooking the obscured Utah county as air quality continued to deteriorate with inversion conditions trapping cold air.
Judy Fahys’ article on “Utah’s Roadmap” led me to read the actual document and to find it quite reassuring, especially as it’s the product of Utah universities as well as industry leaders commissioned last year by our governor and Legislature.
Now that the final document is presented to our Legislature and governor for approval, it seems likely to be accepted as the basis for a Joint Resolution upon which new statutes and policies can be passed.
Like many other Utah grandparents, I was nurtured by a legacy of clean air, clean water as well as our natural wonders, and aspire to achieve this again for the health and wellbeing of our grandchildren (and theirs). My hope is that this new Utah “roadmap” will mean that the usual practice of stacking Utah’s boards and commissions with industry leaders who don’t enforce state statutes or federal laws designed to protect our air and water quality may actually become a thing of the past.
Ty Markham, Torrey
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