Planning commission forwards Transportation Master Plan updates, highlights Ranches Parkway improvements
City staff updated the Transportation Master Plan with reclassified arterials, a UDOT takeover and renaming of Lake Mountain Corridor, added local connections like Silver Lake Parkway, and a phased plan for Ranches Parkway; commissioners forwarded a positive recommendation to council. 350 characters or less.
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David Salazar, the city’s assistant engineer, presented revisions to the Transportation Master Plan and the impact fee assumptions that prioritize several corridor and intersection changes across Eagle Mountain. Salazar said the updates include revising project priorities, adding a warranted connection to Saratoga Springs via Silver Lake Parkway (signal warrants and roundabout removal), reclassifying Lake Mountain Corridor after UDOT accepted the facility, and removing raised medians from several arterial cross sections to improve emergency access and turning flexibility. "We revised some road sections, level of service mapping...and project costs," Salazar said during the presentation.
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