The plan is based on a series of "centers," ranging from the two large urban centers down to neighborhood centers, small gathering places that include schools, community centers, recreation, churches and other community facilities. Of the estimated 162,800 new households expected along the west bench by 2060, about 68,000 of them would be within walking distance of such neighborhood centers under the plan.

At their roundtable discussions of the plan Wednesday, summit participants had several issues they wanted to see addressed, from questions about the role the proposed Mountain View Corridor will play to the timing of utilities being installed to what kinds of wildlife and environmental studies have been or will be done. Taylorsville Mayor Janice Auger worried about the costs to nearby cities that will be required to widen east-west roads to accommodate more westbound traffic.

The input from Wednesday's summit will be integrated into the plan, and a revised master plan will be presented at a summit in December. From there, developers and Kennecott Land will work on a project-by-project basis with county and city planners and city councils to nail down specifics and gain zoning approval. The entire west-bench development project is expected to take upwards of 75 years for completion.

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