Could this be approached by challenging the city council, the planning committee and the officers of the city as to their failure to represent the city residents?
There was a great deal of effort and probably money spent to create a city plan. It has pretty much been throw to the wind. The city charter requires that the plan be a guide for the future. Dale Jones is correct about the zoning of the area being C-C…I have a map dated Jan 2005 and the area was zoned C-C and A-5. Granted the city has the right and even obligation to change the zoning for the benefit of the city. One thought; the city can and should be locating this new development around the new interstate and light railway. By centralizing development around those areas they will draw traffic West, reducing the stress on I-15.

Roughly 50% of the landmass in the city of South Jordan is West of Banageter Highway. It is also the least developed. Rezoning and reducing lot sizes continues to compound (exponentially) the traffic on our overstressed roads. People who have lived in South Jordan for decades are being displaced by having their homes condemned when roads need to be widened. Long time residents, who have not been displaced, have experienced the derogation of their homes. They once lived on a lightly traveled country road, where they could ride horses and let their children walk carefree to the neighbors. Now they have noise, difficulty exiting their driveways, and their safety is long gone and getting worse. So they leave, leaving behind unwanted homes and neighborhoods. Have you ever wondered what a bicyclist really does at the intersection of Redwood Road & 106th…..the markings are there indicating their lane…it starts up from the middle of the street and ends at Redwood….seems like a suicide lane to me.

DEMANDING large lot sizes to our West is a way to reduce the destruction of the inner parts of the city. This is also good for the new building to the West, as the folks purchasing to the West will not experience traffic jams of the type we are currently experiencing. Developing with “exclusivity “ in mind did not hurt Park City, Malibu, or Martha’s Vinyard.

Ricky Horst should be required to drive up and down the street (106th also appropriately known as South Jordan PARKWAY) at least twice each day, one morning, one evening (in both directions) Perhaps that would limit his time in helping developers destroy our city.

The development of the new I-15 freeway entrance and the street, I believe to be 112th, is too little too late. And the widening of 106th is also too little too late. Proof of that is the length of time it takes to get onto the freeway now. Note that the roads close to the freeway are already widened and improved. The next freeway entrance is 90th…it too is over traveled. Personally, I’ve waited for 10 or more traffic light changes to enter the freeway. And should I mention how many times I’ve been cut off? How about you?

Hope this is helpful.
Markay Perrero

Doug Lange

Regards,
Bob Howard

Thank you for sharing this information. It is disappointing.

I do have some food-for-thought for my neighbors on this email string. Wal-Mart will continue to expand as long as the market supports that expansion and they are profitable or believe they can increase profitability. So please ask yourself: Does my family shop at Wal-Mart? Will we shop at the Wal-Mart that gets built in my backyard?

You may want to dig deeper and ask yourself: What are the implications of shopping at Wal-Mart? Do you save $10 each visit? What do you pay on the back end for that $10 savings? Or, who pays for that $10 savings? Consider issues that may not reach our neighborhood, but that do affect the world in which we live such as how they achieve their low prices. How do you think they achieve their low prices?

If you’re aware of the trade-offs involved in benefitting from Wal-Mart, you are a thoughtful consumer.

Thanks for reading,
Danielle Wiltgen

We installed motion and audio sensors in the garage in case the doors came open while we were away, as the alarm system calls our cell phones to alert us of trouble. But not opening at all sure is better. Thanks for posting that lock button info!

Andrew & Roxanne Landsman