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New east-west Utah County route urged

Pony Express Parkway should really be a freeway from I-15 going though Eagle Mountain connecting with Tooele and I-80.

The cities and county should have thought of this in the beginning before allowing developement. The developers should have been made to provide needed roads before developement, at the developers cost and included in the cost of the homes. Too much hindsight and graft in Utah government in this uncontrolled growth that is depleting all our natural resources, namely water, electrical power, natural gas etc.. What is the state going to do when there is no water, power, or gas? Hindsight and shortsighted developement is not good economics that overburdens all taxpayers and governments ability to properly develope the state of Utah. The only needs considered is the profits of develpers. Utah needs better jobs than those of servicing others that eat out, watch movies, and shop with money they don't have. Utah needs developement in manufacturing and production of goods, not a restaruant worker or bed maker and jobs with no value or security. An economy based on building homes no one can afford is not a stable economy, its a fixed economy with limited growth with no lasting value or growth in long term jobs.

Why not have a ferry over Utah lake from Saratoga Hot Springs to Geneva Iron Works. If they can ferry accross Pugent Sound, they can ferry in Utah.

texas man. Have you ever even had to use a ferry to commute? Its about as good of an Idea as the Lehi mayors of drilling a tunnel through two mountains to make the commute from eagle mountain into orem and also to slc easier.

A possible alternative route for access to the Cedar Fort / Eagle Mtn area is from Herriman thru Rose Canyon and West Canyon. There is a road there now that at one time was a desiganted county road. Properly designed and implemented this route could offer both an alternate route and a scenic drive.

When will the folks out there learn what every roadbuilder in the last half century should have learned? One more road doesn't solve congestion--it just draws more traffic, leading to more congestion.

It's time for someone with some brains to start moving development in a direction that doesn't require everybody to park his backside in a ton of steel and plastic and drive everywhere he needs to go.

A lot has to do with UDOT priorities. Rather than build roads based on need, we build roads based on politics. Salt Lake County is already complaining about the I-15 rebuild in Utah County because they are afraid it will take from their planned road projects, even though they have sucked the majority of road money into Salt Lake County for the last two decades. This is where the problem truly lies.

And for all these comments, as soon as a plan is pronounced and is moved forward, everyone affected or who thinks they'll be affected will stand up and shout: "Not in my backyard. Take your road elsewhere." Look at the Mountainview Corridor for proof.

I chose NOT TO MOVE to Saratoga because of the commute times. And that decision was made FOUR YEARS ago, long before it was a terrible drive. People knew what they were buying into when they chose to move out there, so QUIT COMPLAINING. I grew up in west Lehi so I was eager to move back out that direction, but the traffic problems were too big to entice me to a slightly bigger, slightly cheaper house. And the thought that government would move quickly and build roads before growth happens is TRULY LAUGHABLE. The cost to build before growth can never be justified, THAT'S WHY THEY WAIT TO BUILD ROADS. As far as I'm concerned, build big roads to get people around Lehi and then let them fight it out once they get past Lehi. Those roads have always been problems and will continue to be trouble at least 5 years into the future. If you live out west you'd better either get used to bad traffic or sell your house as soon as you can!

So it is all governments fault. Those good people that bought all those nice new houses should have asked themselves some questions about roadways and plans for future roadways. Everybody wants to complain about government wasting money on someone else's problem and also complain about government not wasting money on their problem. Stop complaining and start thinking and being involved. Be part of the solution, not part of the complaining and the problem.

"No situation is so bad that complaining can't make it worse." Can anyone tell me where I'm getting that quote from?

"Many say that more than one road than state Route 73, which also is known as Lehi's Main Street...."

Do newspapers (either print or internet-based) no longer employ editors?

You moved there, you have to live with the complications associated with your commute. Maybe you should put a 72 hour kit in your car, in case you get stranded in another snow storm. By the time you get a road out there, half the town will have moved out.

Have you seen those bumper stickers that say "Trees are the answer?" Well I think a better one would say "Roads are the answer."

We need more roads! We need larger homes on larger lots for larger cars and larger kids. Bigger! Bigger! More! More! More!

With all the talk of a budget surplus, why not use it to build some roads in Utah County. The roads have to be built based on need. Those that argue that people knew the road conditions before they moved there and should live with it, need to ask what conditions were like in their area before the population moved there. My neighborhood growing up had few roads when we first moved there, now that has changed. With Eagle Mountain projecting EVEN MORE growth, roads need to be built.
SR-73 also never gets plowed. Why not use some of this surplus to plow roads.

Whether a second road will help traffic or not, a second road is needed in the case of emergency, like what happened last week, or a mass evacuation. Just simple safety alone should dictate the need for a second road.

We want our road! We want it now! And we don't care what the citizens of Lehi think!

The congestion is the price you pay for finding a cheap big house in the middle of nowhere. I paid a larger mortgage to be closer to I-15. It is all a matter of priorities and common sense. Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs residents should have known what they were getting in to and should not be whining now that they don't like the choice they made.

Everyone is always looking to the government to solve their problems. Start a new program, build a new road or create a walking trail. Whatever it is we need to wake up and realize that government does not have the money to solve all of our problems. If they do have the money, by the time they put it through 20 committees and had a hundred meetings on the subject the cost has now trippled and now they can't afford to do it. You've got to let private enterprise come in and get the job done. Let private enterprise build a toll road across Utah Lake so it doesn't use taxpayers money and that way the people using it can pay for it as well as enjoy a non congested 5 minute trip across the lake to the Orem/Provo area. UDOT is spent out for the next 20 years so don't expect a miracle from them. If you want something done quicker and economically feasable then get behind private enterprise's that want to come in and solve a problem. Let UDOT fix and maintain the roads we already have in place.

A ferry across Utah Lake. Don't make me laugh. It will never work. First of all the Puget Sound is a lot deeper than the 6 to 8 feet deep across the lake from Saratoga Springs to Orem. By the time they loaded up (if they could get a ferry on the lake) and got on their way people driving in the congestion for over an hour would have already beat the ferry. The ferry on Puget sound travels over to Vancouver Island. That's right an Island meaning it is surrounded by water. The only way to travel with your cars is to take the ferry. Maybe if we add some theaters and a food court on the ferry it would work. I'm all about watching a movie and eating some popcorn before I get to work. How about trying to make some practical suggestions on here instead of blurting out the first stupid thought that enters into your mind.

I agree with concerned taxpayer. Let a private company build a toll road across the lake. Only the people who use it would pay for it and if I lived out there, I'd sure be happy to pay for a quicker commute.