Property owner urges Lindon to press UDOT and American Fork for promised traffic signal on Pleasant Grove Boulevard

At the start of the Lindon Planning Commission meeting on June 23, Mark Weldon of WICP Commercial Properties addressed the commission during the public‑comment period and urged city leaders to push UDOT and American Fork to install a traffic signal that was promised near the company’s properties on Pleasant Grove Boulevard.

Weldon told the commission there have been ‘‘many, many bad accidents’’ at the location, including T‑bone collisions, and urged immediate action to reduce speed and collision risk. He said his company paid for frontage and turn‑lane improvements and has repeatedly lobbied for the signal. "There's been many accidents there. ... It's just an accident, a tremendous accident waiting to happen," Weldon said.

He suggested interim measures if the signal cannot be installed immediately — painted turn lanes, painted speed‑reduction markings or other low‑cost traffic calming — and said the company had been told the project would be prioritized by UDOT leadership. "If you can lobby and please all the powers to be that made these promises, we need to do something as a city," he told commissioners.

Staff responded that the concern would be passed to public works and that recent conversations indicated higher‑level UDOT officials have asked UDOT staff to prioritize the issue, though staff acknowledged the work has been slow and may take time.

The commission did not vote on the matter; public comment was recorded for staff follow‑up and referral to the city’s public‑works and engineering teams for coordination with UDOT and neighboring jurisdictions.

Next steps: staff will pass the comment to public works and continue coordination with UDOT and American Fork; the property owner indicated willingness to contribute funds or mitigation measures if those would help accelerate safety improvements.