Transit corridors being planned
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By SCOTT SCHWEBKE
Standard-Examiner staff
sschwebke@standard.net
OGDEN -- The city council will unveil a priority list of top potential transit corridors within Ogden during a work session Thursday night.
Thirteen potential transit scenarios have been considered as part of the prioritization process, the council said in a prepared statement issued Tuesday night.
Specific details regarding the scenarios developed through discussions between the council, the city's administration and the Ogden Planning Commission were unavailable.
The city council plans to discuss the prioritization process with Mayor Matthew Godfrey during Thursday's work session.
It also expects to receive a transit corridor proposal from Godfrey at the meeting.
"The council decided to do the prioritization of transit corridor options in anticipation of having this important discussion with the mayor," City Council Chairwoman Amy Wicks said in the prepared statement. "We are open to hearing any of the ideas the mayor will bring to the council."
Godfrey said Tuesday night he could not comment because he had not read the city council statement.
However, he has said he intends to present the council with a proposal to study the feasibility of an affordable streetcar system.
The proposal could be funded with a portion of $231,250 of Utah Transit Authority money pledged to the city for transit-related studies, Godfrey has said.
In addition, Godfrey has said his proposal won't involve studying the feasibility of an urban gondola because the city has no intent of seeking federal funds for that type of system.
Several city council members have been seeking an alternatives analysis to study a transit corridor extending from the intermodal hub at 23rd Street and Wall Avenue to an area near Weber State University and McKay-Dee Hospital Center.
Completion of the analysis, which would study various modes of mass transit, is required before the city can obtain federal funds for a particular project.
The city council said in the prepared statement that Ogden's likelihood of receiving money for mass transit would greatly increase by the council and Godfrey reaching an agreement on a corridor and transit mode.
In addition, if an alternatives analysis isn't undertaken soon, Ogden may lose out on its share of proceeds from a Weber County quarter-cent sales tax earmarked for transit projects, some city council members have said.
Thursday's work session will be held at 5:15 p.m. in the city council chambers on the third floor of the Municipal Building at 2549 Washington Blvd.
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UTA EXECUTIVES only CARE about there HUGE SALARIES and HUGE BONUES. UTA has DESTROY the BUS SYSTEM in Salt Lake County except Down Town Salt Lake and in the Avenues.
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"It (the council) also expects to receive a transit corridor proposal from Godfrey at the meeting."
My advice to the council - be very leery of anything that he says. After all, if his lips are moving he almost certainly is lying. Leopards do not change their spots and disingenuous politicians do not all of sudden become champions of the people.