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Brighton Council signs onto canyon environmental comment, urges flexible tolling and bus-priority measures
Summary
The Brighton Town Council voted to join Cottonwood Heights’ comment letter on the Central Wasatch environmental assessment, asking that tolling placement avoid displacing parking into residential neighborhoods and urging flexible bus-priority measures and pilot approaches to mitigate canyon traffic.
The Brighton Town Council on Jan. 13 authorized the mayor to sign a comment letter on the Central Wasatch environmental assessment, endorsing shared concerns about Tolling and urging flexibility in placement and operations to limit spillover parking into residential areas.
The move came amid multiple public comments from canyon residents worried about the effects of tolling and roadway widening. Jolene Disbane told the council the EA’s proposed 38-foot cross-section and a 4-foot median could require property acquisitions and reduce snow-storage capacity, and urged the agencies to consider lower-impact fixes such as a bus-priority pilot that alternates bus and car…
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