Comments about ‘Hearing set on Utah Lake bridge proposal’

If it's a floating bridge, like the ones in the Seattle area, it would be cost effective (less money to build and maintain), and a great idea to aleviate the traffic congestion through Lehi and Bluffdale.

I hear the Army Corps of Engineers know how to use pontoons to take heavy equipment across large bodies of water. Maybe we could construct a temporary floating bridge and see how many people use the bridge and if any growth happens over there before we invest in a permanent structure.

Both Seattle's bridges need to float because the lake is 200+ ft. deep. Utah Lake is shallow enough to allow a ground supported bridge for pennies on the dollar compared to a bridge that floats.

I believe the proposed bridge is in the wrong place. It should be located in Provo not Orem. The closer it is to the rest of the valley the more use it will get. Provo will be expanding its airport and if the bridge were to come somewhere close to Center Street in Provo, the more popular it would be for airport goers as well.

For far too long, Provo has allowed others to dictate their position on malls, developments, and now a bridge. Where is Provo's input? Someone stand up and be counted. Thirty years ago Provo allowed the University mall to locate in Orem and economically, it's been a tough go ever since.

You can bet that if any private enterprise builds this thing, the contract will be written so that the local government will be left holding the bag if it is a big commercial flop. All the company has to do is cease to exist and the public will own the debt. Privatize the gains; socialize the losses.

I can't believe this is even a serious proposal. Why waste more than 5 minutes on such a wacked-out idea? You might as well just drain Utah lake by dredging a channel deeper to the Great Salt lake. Utah lake may be murky, shallow and not very pleasant to recreate on. But it's still what the Lord made, and from a distance is beautiful. Why build a concrete "scar" that is expensive to build and maintain? Is there not a natural body of water in our state that is not desecrated by private developers?

When we return to WW2 style 4 gallons a week gas rations due to the very real problem of peak oil, nobody new will want to move west of the lake and almost everyone there already will be trying to leave.
The seriously underused bridge will be allowed to crumble, the company that owns it will disappear, and the government cosigner will own the debt.