LINDON, Utah — Residents were converging on City Hall Monday evening as the city council was set to weigh whether to alter the general plan over a yet-to-be completed section of road.
The plan has been to eventually complete 1200 East north of Queensland Court, connecting Pleasant Grove to Orem with a road that runs along Lindon’s east bench.
However, residents requested that the master planned roadway on 1200 East be removed from the city’s general plan, Lindon city administrator Adam Cowie stated earlier Monday.
The city council was expected to mull the change during Monday night’s meeting.
On 1200 East, resident Dave McGill said he supported the potential change.
“There’s literally going to be no benefit to me to quadruple, if not more, the traffic,” he said.
McGill expressed concerns about adding more car traffic to 1200 East since there have already been collisions and numerous close calls with wildlife from the mountain.
He also expressed worries about the potential impact on property values if the road were turned into a major collector in the future.
“I don’t see the value to Lindon residents,” he said. “Any appraisal is looking at traffic on the roads.”
According to information provided by Lindon City, an independent traffic engineering study showed if the 1200 East roadway is completed, it could have an average daily traffic between 5,000 and 7,000 vehicles per day by 2050.
If the road is never constructed, the study found that by 2050 other local streets in eastern Lindon would see a traffic increase.
The study specifically noted that the streets of 400 East, 400 North and 835 East could see an additional 2,000 to 3,000 vehicles per day by 2050.
On 900 East, resident Mark Davis said he hoped the city council would keep the general plan as-is and that the city would move forward with the completion of 1200 East.
“It’s wider and better geared to handle more traffic,” Davis told KSL TV. “It’s almost like traffic on 900 East was almost an afterthought.”
Davis said traffic would also increase on 900 East by potentially thousands of cars and was going to anyway with the completion of the new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“At worst, the city should delay this decision until the temple is in place and is operational and has been in operation for at least a year to study traffic impact of the temple before they make any kind of decision related to the 1200 East connector,” Davis said.
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