Comments about ‘Online public response 2-to-1 against Utah Lake bridge’

Create a ferry system. Creates jobs and lowers impact to the lake. Look at what the causeway has done to the Great Salt Lake. Do we really need more of that?

Let's get this thing done. It's amazing there are no east-west corridors in this part of the county. Build it and get things done so we don't have gridlock through Lehi the rest of the century.

Build the bridge. Common sense just once.

So, I know nothing of civil engineering but could a pontoon bridge, similar to the Hood Canal Bridge in Washington State, be built? It seems like that might have a much lower impact on the lake and could still accomodate a lot of traffic.

We moved out here for the quiet and awesome views to the east of the lake and mountains. Those who want to be closer to the eastern shore, MOVE THERE!

A Ferry system is a great idea...then when the new roads go in, and people use those instead of a toll road, the ferry business can just close up and the lake is preserved.

An Air boat ferry might well be the answer. Has anyone done a study on how deep the piling have to go to hit bed rock and there will need to be slanted ones to make the bridge earthquake proof. The reason the lake is as big as it is is because at some time in the not too distant past less the 3,000 years a massive amount earth washed in from the cedar valley area. or the nearby mountains forming a dam that enlarged the lake or formed the lake. The canal to the pumping station turned up Indian artifacts from a depth of 3 feet or more below the present lake bed. The Provo Bay has several sites the that were exposed during the 1930's and tested by Albert B. Reagan.

KEEP IT QUIET OVER THERE AND LET THEM SPEND HOURS ON LEHI MAIN,MUHAHAHAHAHA

This issue is not just a Provo or south valley issue, it will impact the whole state and the decisions should be by all. Cities on either end do not own the lake therefore we all should have a say.

I do think there is a need for a bridge but with no development on either end. The bridge road should only tie in to major roads at each end to preserve the lake and beach areas of the lake for everyone to use. A causeway bridge would not be acceptable for reasons cited about the causeway on the GSL.

Your link to the website is broken.

while your at it, why not build a tower to heaven too.

Scrap the bridge idea, it will be a financial bust that the taxpayers will end up having to pay for after the company that builds it goes out of business.

For all of those that live in SS and want the bridge, do yourself a favor and move to the East side of the lake. Not that I don't want to be neighbors with you, but if you want to be that close to Provo/Orem then you should just move there.

I moved out here (SS) because I like the peace and quiet. If this bridge gets built, then Redwood Road will quickly resemble State Street. And that is something I do not want to live next to.

-Plop

It is already there pal. There is so much traffic on Redwood Road it is very dangerous now. The road will eventually have to continue to be widened further south. An addition of a bridge accross the lake is only going to make things safer for people and more accesible. To blame all future growth on the bridge is misleading in the least. To those that say they moved to Saratoge Springs because it is quiet and want to keep it that way need to wake up and realize it isn't quiet now anymore. Get real.

someday and taxpayers will be left with either a bill or a rotting bridge. Guaranteed.