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Council reviews Dakota Pacific traffic impact study and WCG peer review; experts recommend mitigation and monitoring
Summary
Council held a work session on Dakota Pacific’s amended traffic impact study for the Park City Tech Center; the applicant and a Wall Consulting Group peer review agreed on principal findings but WCG urged additional safety analysis, consistent seasonal modeling, queuing/travel‑time metrics and phased monitoring tied to mitigations.
At a scheduled work session, Summit County council and staff reviewed Dakota Pacific’s amended traffic impact study (TIS) for proposed amendments to the Summit Research Park (Park City Tech Center) and an independent peer review by Wall Consulting Group (WCG). Patrick Puttum, Summit County Community Development Director, opened the session and outlined next steps: two public hearings (Feb. 20 and March 1, both at Ecker Hill Middle School Auditorium) and an applicant open house.
Applicant team representatives (Jeff Goughner, Preston Stenger of Farran Piers, Jim Charlier) presented the study methodology and findings. Key figures in the applicant’s analysis include projected daily site trip generation at build‑out of roughly 7,500 trips under the current 2022 land‑use program, versus about 8,000 trips in the original 2008 entitlement and just over 11,000 in a 2021 proposal. Preston Stenger emphasized the…
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