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Show FEB 061998 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Clipping Service (801) 328-8678 SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ~ ~- ~.~ - - . ------------ ----- (Fannington Residents Say Road Project to Hann Historic Homes 1~ \ BY MARK HAVNES THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FARMINGTON - The perennial problems of growthare ~ c611iding with a group of residents hei,e in pavis ':County's only historic district. \ The homeowners want Farmington to reconsider a plan to modify an intersection in their neighborhood. The project also would expand. a road leading into a historic part of the CIty. Farmington says the project is necessary to alleviate traffic pressure anticipated from the growth of Farmington, west of Interstate 15. Residents say the plan conflicts with preservation efforts. The matter will be discussed at a public meeting Thursday at City Hall. The city's Pla.nning Commission t~en will m~ke a r~c ommendation to the CIty CouncIl, WhICh will make the final decision. At issue is the expansion of an intersection in the Clark Lane Historic District, at 400 West and State Street, which connects east and west Farmington with an overpass spanning Interstate 15. Currently, drivers heading east on the overpass take State Street to 200 West, then drive south past two schools to reach a southbound onram'p to 1-15. Under the proposal, the intersection would be five lanes wide in each direction \ and include two right-turn islands. The ( plan also c~lls for demolishing a house to allow a merge lane with frontage road traf, fic which would be funneled onto south, bo~nd 1-15. The proposal also calls for: • Reconfiguring part of the frontage 'road; :'" " .. Improving access to 1-15 southbound from 200 West; and • Realigning the northbound exit to Farmington. Sally and Charles Clark say a new intersection would be disastrous to the historic district. "This is an unwise thing to do," says Sally Clark. Charles Clark, a former planning director in Farmington, said their home was built by his great-great-grandfather, Ezra Clark who settled in the area in 1849 and , a "dynasty of the pioneer era. " created Like many older structures in the city, the Clark house is made of stones from neighboring canyons in the Wasatch, Mountains, which bu\t the east part of. the city like a wall. Across the street from the couple are houses built by Ezra Clark for his wives and by three generations of descendants. Besides destroying the aesthetics of the neighborhood, Charles Clark says the tr~f fic patte:rn established by the planned InS.ee~EABMlNGTON, Page C-7 Farmington Growing Pains Farmington has proposed realigning a frontage road and expanding an intersection in Davis County's only historic district. Residentssay the plan would hurt the 'district. The city says it needs to plan for growth. , ~. Existing Roads _ Proposed Roads II Clark Lane Historic District A NORTH , |
