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Council reviews Transportation Master Plan projects, agrees to keep westward Maple Street connection in plan
Summary
Staff presented proposed city‑led roadway, intersection and sidewalk projects and sought council feedback on an east‑west connection from Mapleton into Springville/SR‑89. Council members supported retaining the connection in the city plan and asked staff to pursue corridor preservation and MAG inclusion for future funding.
Mapleton City Council on Sept. 17 considered draft elements of an updated Transportation Master Plan and asked staff to keep a long‑planned connection from Maple Street west into Springville in the city’s project list.
Rob Hunter, the city’s transportation lead, summarized public outreach to date — a story map and a public open house planned for Oct. 2 — and a set of proposed city projects that include new connector streets, several intersection realignments or roundabout candidates and a substantial sidewalk program. Hunter said the city’s modeling indicates a new westward connection could meaningfully reduce cut‑through traffic in Springville neighborhoods and relieve future load on the Slant Road/Spanish Fork Parkway corridor.
Council members focused discussion on a proposed connection that would extend Maple Street west through a ridge and span the rail corridor to the State Street/US‑89 area. Staff said the modeled scenario showed several thousand vehicles per day shifting to that new corridor under full build‑out and that building the connection would likely require a major bridge over rail infrastructure and wetlands and could require condemnation of two existing houses. The council discussed cost tradeoffs and regional coordination: Hunter said the project could be added to MAG’s RTP and potentially attract MAG funding with local match.
Several council members said removing the connection from the plan would be a disservice to future residents and urged staff to preserve the corridor and pursue grant or RTP funding. One councilmember noted safety concerns on existing local connectors and asked staff to flag high‑priority intersection work (examples included offset intersections north of Main Street at school routes). Hunter said the plan will move through additional public feedback, a draft planned for November and anticipated final adoption in December, after the public open house and subsequent edits.
Why it matters: the Maple Street west connection is a high‑cost, high‑impact element. Including it on the city’s Transportation Master Plan and RTP applications would preserve right‑of‑way and enable future funding conversations, while removing it could shift traffic pressure onto existing local streets and intersections.
