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Wasatch Open Lands Board presses UDOT on bypass route, hears agency lacks funding and final EIS
Summary
At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Wasatch County Open Lands Board discussed UDOT's proposed bypass and related Environmental Impact Statement, heard that UDOT has no confirmed funding or final preferred route, and debated whether conservation easements could block a highway project.
Heidi Franco, mayor of Heber City and chair of the Wasatch County Open Lands Board, told members the county would ask UDOT representatives to explain the status of a proposed bypass and its EIS at an upcoming county council meeting. "UDOT assures the city council that if they want to proceed and put that development there, that's not going to stop the EIS," Franco said during the board's Oct. 7 meeting.
Board members said UDOT representatives emphasized the agency has not secured funding…
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