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Post by Amanuensis on Oct 6, 2005 11:27:21 GMT -5
I don't think anyone was claiming that SLC had better air quality than LA, I think the claim was that the SLC air of 2005 is better than the SLC air of, say, 1955.
It will always be difficult to have excellent air quality in SLC because of the mountains on both sides of the valley. When an inversion comes in, the inversion acts like a giant cork in the bottle created by the Oquirrhs and the Wasatch and Uintahs.
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Post by x on Oct 7, 2005 0:19:15 GMT -5
I am not anti Legacy but at the same time how useful can a road be that is less than 2 miles from the existing freeway? If it helps, think of it as added capacity for I-15. It's just a little bit further away than adding a couple of extra lanes on the existing freeway would be. I do agree that additional public transportation and carpooling are also needed. I'd really love to see a full size commuter rail line running from Ogden to Provo. It would be a winner, I'm sure of it.
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Post by Sailor on Oct 7, 2005 12:14:31 GMT -5
The problem, (as I see it), is that the nature of the physical land is a tight bottle-neck caused by the Mountains on the East, and the Lake/wetlands on the West. All of the traffic moving from the North (Oregon, Idaho, even Canada) to Salt Lake and on down I-15 to Los Angeles must pass through this bottle-neck. When that freeway is closed, due to accident, or construction we desperatly need an alternative. If nothing else the Legacy highway provides an alternative highway through that restricted area.
We have the same type of problem at the Point of the Mountain heading south. And the next battle may be the transformation of Redwood road into a "Western Freeway" connection to Utah County.
That said, all of Rocky Andersons points about people living too far from work, and driving too much, and poluting the air are true, we need much more and better mass transportation, but still I think the Legacy Highway is/was needed and I am in favor of it's building.
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