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Council debates Highland Drive design: median vs. adding a northbound lane, asks staff for modeling and business‑impact analysis
Summary
Councilmembers asked staff and the consultant to expand the Highland Drive/Fort Union 30% design to model alternatives — including medians without adding lanes — and to evaluate effects on traffic flow, businesses and pedestrian/cyclist safety before any vote.
Cottonwood Heights councilmembers on July 15 asked staff and the project consultant to run comparative traffic models and broaden the Highland Drive/Fort Union intersection 30% design to show the effects of different options, including installing a median without adding a third northbound lane.
Mayor Matt Wickers opened the discussion by reviewing the project scope and funding sources, then councilmembers pressed for analysis beyond the existing executive summary, arguing the 30% design should quantify tradeoffs for businesses and active‑transportation users. One councilmember said the scope should include “what happens when…
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