"The UDOT plan is all over the map," Klock said. "As far as I'm concerned, they're like a bouncing ball, and that's very unfortunate and unfair for the people who are having to suffer through not knowing whether their house is going to be razed or something."

Within the last two months, UDOT has narrowed its plans to three basic options for connecting Mountain View with I-15: a seven-lane freeway at 2100 North, a seven-lane freeway at 1900 South or an arterials option that includes three smaller boulevard-type roads in the north and south.

UDOT is also considering a suggestion made by Lehi city to build a freeway connection at Point of the Mountain, rather than at 2100 North, a few miles south of Thanksgiving Point.

"Our suggestion to UDOT is, 'If you're willing to push the whole alignment north, would you consider pushing it even further north?"' Lehi City Administrator Jamie Davidson said. "That's an alignment we're comfortable with, and (people with) environmental concerns would also be comfortable with it as well, because it wouldn't pose the same environmental challenges that building (Mountain View) close to Utah Lake would."

Klock says COST agrees with Lehi city's alignment suggestions to UDOT. The group has invited Davidson and Lehi officials to attend Wednesday's rally to "say to the City Council, 'You guys are on the right track, and we want to pat you on the back for that,"' Klock said.

Although UDOT has not been invited to attend the rally, Klock says COST's own independent transportation consultant, who is looking for other road options, will make a presentation on alternative road options at the meeting.

So far, all of COST's expenses — hiring a consultant, sending thousands of mailers to residents and maintaining a Web site (www.costutah.org) — have been paid for by developers, like Klock, who became involved with the group early on.

Klock is the owner of a new development near Utah Lake called Spring Creek. Like other new construction developments in the area, Klock's development is at risk of being affected by Mountain View Corridor if it runs too close to Utah Lake.

Independently of COST, Klock has also hired his own attorney to represent Spring Creek against the Mountain View Corridor, but Klock says he's just being cautious.

"We're not suing anybody, but we're preparing ourselves for a fight to protect the interests in that area," Klock said. "This is not about legal battles, this is about finding good solutions for the future of Lehi and the future of north Utah County."

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