Farmington Citizens

The Salt Lake Tribute has an article by Cathy Mckitrick on the WDC through west Farmington: Comments flood state agency over West Davis roadway: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51348474-76/west-udot-lane-connection.html.csp One factual correction to the article comes from the statement, “The Shepard Lane option paves over 10 homes in Hunters Creek, while the Glover Lane route would wipe out a [...]

Kaysville City passed a resolution on the Western Davis Corridor. You can read the resolution here. In the resolution Kaysville repeatedly mentions support of the 2001 North Legacy Transportation Corridor and 2001 study. However in item 5 the City deviates from supporting the 2001 study (and its own master transportation plan) with regard to the [...]

300-500 residents from Farmington gathered on February 28, 2011 at Eagle Bay Elementary to rally support for an I-15 WDC alignment. Cory Ritz of the Farmington City Council spoke along with Anita Todd. Maps and petitions were available for attendees. An ABC4 news crew was there with a spot on the 10PM news. ABC4.com news [...]

Here is an excellent visual comparison of residential and wetland impacts of both (Shepard Land and Glovers Lane) WDC alternatives through Farmington and Kaysville. Click on the image to see it in its larger resolution:

Here are images from the Wasatch Front Regional Council of 2001 maps to give historical context to the location of corridors for preservation efforts. Understanding these maps helps to understand why Farmington and Kaysville choose the corridors they did for their Master Transportation Plans.

Here are 8 renderings of the proposed modifications to the C-1 alternative that Matt Gore submitted to UDOT as part of the WDC EIS. The EIS team incorporated some but not all of Matt’s ideas into the “Shepard Lane” alignment. Even though Matt created these designs in 2010 these images are posted here for historical [...]

Monday February 28th at 7:00PM there will be a Save West Farmington meeting at Eagle Bay Elementary, 1933 Clark Lane. Event organizers want people to bring signs, kids, and excitement for the I-15/ Shepard-Lane/C-1 alignment. There will be a petition to sign to show solidarity with Farmington City officials who support an I-15 alignment for [...]

Last night residents from the Hunters Creek development and south Kaysville area showed up in mass to protest the WDC Shephard Lane alignment and support the Glovers Lane alignment (thus go West). Hundreds of people attended with lots of kids holding up signs. KSL and ABC4 tv crews were there. Mayor Hiatt of Kaysville spoke [...]

Farmington City has posted to their website the presentation slides from last night’s Townhall meeting. One of the more interesting bits of new information was the comparison of impacts between the two WDC alternatives through Farmington:

Opponents of the Shephard Lane alignment plan a protest:  Davis County Clipper Davis County Council of Governments recommended no more advance purchases of land for the West Davis Corridor: Davis County Clipper Matt Gore gets some press with his engineering skills: Standard-Examiner