As the elected representative of Cottonwood Heights District 4, I oppose UDOT’s Final Preference LCC EIS (Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental Impact Statement). An agency that builds highways should not be the decision-maker on safe mobility for all users.
The state Legislature should deny funding.
I favor regionalized carpool/transit/parking hubs with enhanced electric bus service located throughout Salt Lake County that strategically addresses travel needs for skiers and canyon recreationalists year round.
I also oppose UDOT’s “LCC EIS 2-lane Imbalanced Wasatch Blvd Expansion,” which is actually six lanes wide and designed for moving private commuter vehicles (not skiers) and uses irrelevant 2016 data and projections based on insufficient transit.
Urbanizing Salt Lake Valley requires a switch from high speed, car-centric to safe and viable mobility for all users.
Fracturing the foothill gateway to Big and Little Cottonwood canyons with another huge, high-speed arterial when commuters currently have no viable transit alernatives is opposed by the citizenry. Thoughtful and financially practical alternatives that move commuters on existing arterials would lessen injuries, fatalities and air pollution.
UDOT’s focus on “traffic reliability” within their “zero fatalities by 2030″ campaign is yielding a higher incidence of injuries and fatalities.
The city of Cottonwood Heights opposes UDOT building a 2500 parking stall garage far from a highway and within the neighborhoods and foothill gateway to Little Cottonwood Canyon.
UDOT’s previous preference for an intermodal hub located at the gravel pit near Big Cottonwood Canyon would service both Big and Little Cottonwood canyons and is proximal to I-215.
Cottonwood Heights opposes widening roadways, building parking garages and inducing traffic with its associated danger, noise and air pollution into Utah’s prized Big and Little Cottonwood canyon area.”
Ellen Birrell, Cottonwood Heights City Council District 4
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