Legacy Highway

:"This article covers a proposed road." "For the road currently being constructed, see Legacy Parkway."The Legacy Highway is a proposed freeway in the U.S. state of Utah that is planned to run from Brigham City in the north down the western side of the Wasatch Front to Nephi in the south. It was proposed in 1996, but due to lawsuits over issues with the completeness of the environmental impact statement construction was delayed. Construction of one segment began in 2006. That segment, known as the Legacy Parkway, opened on 13 September 2008 and is the first and only segment started or completed.

Legacy Highway

The Legacy Highway is a proposed freeway in the U.S. state of Utah that is planned to run from Brigham City in the north down the western side of the Wasatch Front to Nephi in the south. It was proposed in 1996 by then-Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt. Because of delays and the length of the freeway, it may be 2025 or later until construction on the entire portion is finished, although officials have stated that the complete proposal may, in fact, never be finished.Fact|date=February 2007

Legacy Parkway

The first portion to be built will be the Legacy Parkway, or South Davis Segment, which will run from Farmington to North Salt Lake, Utah. Construction on the Legacy Parkway began in 2004 after many delays. The interchange with Interstate 15 and US-89 was mostly completed before the highway was delayed again as a result of lawsuits over the completeness of the environmental impact statement. Construction began again in 2006 and was completed in September 2008.cite web | title=Legacy Parkway & Preserve | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/legacy/index.php ]

Mountain View Corridor

Another portion of the Legacy Highway is the Mountain View Corridor,cite web | title="Hearings set for Mountain View Highway" | url=http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3829211 | publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune | author=Patty Henetz | accessdate=2006-06-09 ] which is planned to span the entire length of western Salt Lake County and northwestern Utah County. Construction on this corridor is expected to begin no earlier than 2007.Fact|date=September 2007

The Utah Legislature has considered whether or not to make this portion of the Legacy Highway a toll road so that it will be funded for construction sooner. If so, the land would be acquired by the state government and the construction would be funded by a private company. The revenue would be shared between the state and the private company. It has been stated that if the road is not built as a toll road that they don't know when money could be found for the project, but if the road is constructed as a toll road that construction could begin as early as 2009.Fact|date=September 2007

Legacy North

Is a planned highway to run north from Farmington, Highway 89 and I-15 interchange. Head north through the west end of Weber county. The work on this part of the highway will go on from the Legacy Parkway in Farmington.Fact|date=September 2007

References

External links

Legacy Highway and Parkway

* [http://www.udot.utah.gov/index.php/m=c/tid=181 UDOT Legacy Parkway Information]
* [http://www.lib.utah.edu/epubs/hinckley/v1/daniels.html A Legacy of Conflict: Utah's Growth and the Legacy Highway]
* [http://www.whereislegacy.com Where is legacy highway? A blog and forum view about the consequences of no Highway]

Anti-Highway Viewpoints

* [http://www.stoplegacyhighway.org/ Stop the Legacy Highway]
* [http://www.utahnsforbettertransportation.org/legacy.html Utahns For Better Transportation]
* [http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0603-05.htm Taxpayers for Common Sense]