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Residents urge council to avoid turning Emigration Canyon Road into a "highway" as $6.42M improvement looms
Summary
At the Feb. 17 council meeting, multiple residents urged the city to reject road‑widening designs and new setback rules tied to a proposed $6.42 million Emigration Canyon Road improvement; engineers said the project and related culvert work will be prioritized by the Municipal Services District and require additional funding and public meetings.
Emigration Canyon — Residents expressed strong opposition to proposed road‑widening plans and related setback changes at the Emigration Canyon City Council meeting on Feb. 17.
"We do not want the road to become a highway," said Gary Bowen, a longtime canyon resident and Salt Lake County Animal Services liaison, during public comment, describing historic changes to the right‑of‑way and saying roughly 90% of Emigration Canyon Road addresses lie along the section under consideration. Bowen said many existing homes and driveways conform to an older 33‑foot configuration and could be made nonconforming if a larger right‑of‑way were enforced.
Why it matters: Assistant City Engineer Richard Stephens presented a preliminary FY27 capital list that includes an Emigration Canyon Road improvement with a packet total shown at about $6.42 million and Emigration Creek culvert replacements. Stephens told the council the culvert work would…
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