The Council, recognizing the need for enhanced mobility in Wasatch County, supports the design and construction of transportation alternatives to reduce traffic congestion on US-40 in Heber City.
The Wasatch County Council passed a resolution Wednesday in support of the US-40 to US-189 bypass around Heber City.
The Council, recognizing the crucial need for enhanced mobility in Wasatch County, supports the design and construction of transportation alternatives to reduce traffic congestion on US-40 in Heber City.
The community has shown a desire to protect its rural character by passing open space bonds in 2018 and adopting agricultural protection areas in 2022.
“We have as a high priority both of these things,” Wasatch County Council Member Mark Nelson said. “These two things that seem to conflict each other when, in fact, there’s a process for working that out, and we’re in favor of both of them.”
The Council agrees that both priorities can be simultaneously achieved and is committed to actively pursuing means to responsibly preserve the rural character of the community through perpetual conservation easements and continuing to work with all parties to accomplish these outcomes.