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Summit County Council presses UDOT on SR‑224 options as Dakota Pacific review continues
Summary
Council members reviewed UDOT’s three Kimball Junction EIS alternatives and asked staff for more modelling of transit‑center and structured‑parking scenarios after learning the peer review upheld the original traffic study’s findings but left mitigation and funding questions unresolved.
The Summit County Council spent a work session focused on traffic implications of the Dakota Pacific proposal, pressing staff and UDOT consultants for more detail on three alternatives for SR‑224 that range widely in cost and community impact.
The council heard that the county‑commissioned peer review generally agreed with Fair and Peers’ original traffic impact study but noted remaining questions about mitigation, safety, phasing and who would pay for measures such as a proposed northbound lane. “It does assume that the bus rapid transit on 224 is operational,” a county presenter said when summarizing the studies and assumptions behind the traffic model.
Why it matters: SR‑224 at Kimball Junction already carries heavy seasonal and year‑round demand, and council members said a piecemeal fix risks shifting congestion onto neighboring intersections. The three…
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