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Show FEB 061998 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Clipping Service (801) 328-8678 SALT LAKE TRIBUNE I(Farmington Resid~nts ' Resist ' Road Project • Contbtued from c-tfl residential traffic mingling with cars headed to the parJt. As it is now, a northbound car exiting at Farmington can take a fork in the road into the city or follow the frontage road to the park. Under the proposed realignment, traffic from the frontage road would increase. "It could be frustrating for city residents," Andrews said. However, he applauds the city's efforts in looking at the needs of the future and of opening a dialogue with the amusement park. "They have actually initiated meetings with us and the engineers so we could give them design ideas," Andrews said. "There has been a good deal of dialOgUe ) between all three parties." I tersection would bring pressure from commercial developers: A convenience store or gas station could cause·'irreversible harm, he said. Residents also worry about a nearby park that was built last year on land donated by the state and constructed . by 150 volunteers, the city and Lagoon amusement park. :' 1 . Garn Carol, the Clarks' neighbor: calls the proposal a "BandAid" approach to solving a problem. The intersection, he said, would drain the quiet city ,of its . . charm. But David Petersen, the city's plimning director, said Farmington is seeing an increase in traffic and needs the expansion project. There are about 4,700 cars a day using State,Street from west FarminJrton. he said. and bv 2020 that Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune Garn Carol and Sally Clark are concerned about p~oposed road changes that could harm their historic Farmington area. number is expected to be 14,200. the city's population from about "Our job is to try to reduce im- ' 9,000 in 1990 to almost 10,500 six pact, not increase it," Petersen years later. says. , Petersen hopes the meetings There is not much land left in will help bring about a consensus eastern Farmington that can be . with residents and with Lagoon. developed, Petersen says, leaving Dick Andrews, marketing diwest Farmington the only place to rector of the amusement park, absorb a lITowth rate that boosted said La!!oon is concerned about! |
