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Heber City leaders seek safer pedestrian routes around bypass
By Grace Doerfler
The Heber City Council is putting its safety and traffic concerns for the Heber Valley bypass route into a letter to the Utah Department of Transportation.
UDOT’s bypass route will cut through Wasatch County’s North Fields to drive traffic away from Heber’s Main Street.
The primary change leaders want UDOT to consider is shifting a section along 1300 South farther to the south, so fewer homes and businesses would be affected.
Councilmembers also want UDOT to add a connection to Southfield Road, provide easier access to the Walmart shopping center and more direct access to Utah Valley University’s local campus. They also see a need for bike lanes and an overpass or underpass in some areas.
UDOT will publish its final environmental impact statement this summer.
Hideout’s Richardson Flat plans could include a gondola
By Grace Doerfler
Hideout will break ground this year on a mixed-use development in Richardson Flat that could include an aerial connection to skiing.
Silver Meadows is a 350-acre development that may have as many as 600 housing units, a grocery store and restaurants.
The plans also call for the developer to explore building a scenic chairlift that would begin in Richardson Flat and travel south to a low peak overlooking the Jordanelle Reservoir.
Hideout Mayor Ralph Severini says he imagines aerial transit could one day get people from Richardson Flat to Deer Valley East Village.
Park City Municipal controls other land in Richardson Flat and has also considered adding a gondola from the area to Deer Valley’s Snow Park base.
Andrew Osborne joins Midway City Council after coin toss
By Grace Doerfler
The Midway City Council welcomed Andrew Osborne to its ranks after an evening of interviews, votes and coin tosses.
Osborne fills the seat formerly held by Mayor Craig Simons. He was chosen from seven candidates in what became a complicated process.
After public interviews, the councilmembers and mayor cast secret ballots. To win, three of five votes were needed.
Applicant Thomas Wardle got two votes in the first round, while Osborne and two others each received one vote.
From there, City Attorney Corbin Gordon started flipping coins. Heads kept a candidate in the running; tails took them out.
After some lucky tosses, Osborne went head to head with Wardle and won in a second round council vote. He’ll serve until January 2028.
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