Utah County planners seek to avoid Lehi-like traffic woes

Published: Tuesday, May 11 2010 5:19 p.m. MDT

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Utah County planners are discussing new roads, including another freeway, to move people in and out of the south Utah County area and avoid "another Lehi."

PAYSON — Utah County planners are discussing new roads, including another freeway, to move people in and out of the south Utah County area and avoid "another Lehi."

State Route 73 through Lehi became congested when residential development in the northwest Utah County cities of Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs overwhelmed the existing highway.

A new freeway may spin off Pioneer Crossing, a road under construction now to alleviate northwest Utah County traffic, then head south on the west side of state Route 68 and loop back to I-15 south of Santaquin. It could become part of the Mountain View Corridor planned for the west side of Salt Lake City.

Just where it would intersect with I-15 still is undecided, Utah County Commissioner Larry Ellertson said Tuesday at the ninth annual Nebo Economic Summit. Some critics of the plan have suggested that the new freeway extend to Mona in Juab County.

Additionally, Santaquin officials are looking for land to build another access to the Goshen Valley from I-15 to avoid the kind of congestion Lehi is experiencing now.

— Rodger L. Hardy

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Johnny Triumph

This planning is good but WAAAY too early. And please don't build a road through the heart of Benjamin as has been discussed.

9:38 a.m. May 12, 2010
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ustraveler

How can it be way too early? Lehi's problem was addressing it too late after business had sprouted up, land was bought up, and no corridor exists to make it easy to get to the other side of the lake. Plan now. Get the land at least and then you've More..

4:03 p.m. May 12, 2010
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