WEST POINT -- Top of Utah farmers and the Utah Department of Transportation are still trying to find some middle ground to save some planting ground.
In early September, UDOT released a refined version of possible routes for the West Davis Corridor.
The refined routes will affect 68 to 232 acres of "prime or unique" farmland between Parrish Lane in Centerville and 4000 South or 5500 South in West Haven and Hooper, UDOT officials say.
During the initial screening process of alternatives, farmers on the west side of Weber and Davis counties voiced concern about how UDOT's options would cause significant damage to the area's farming industry.
The farmers, along with the Utah Farm Bureau Federation and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, held several meetings with UDOT and even held a daylong tour through some of the farms that would be affected.
But now, after looking at UDOT's refinements, the farmers feel little progress has been made.
To hear the concerns of the farming community, UDOT will hold a meeting with the farmers at 1 p.m. Monday at the West Point City Hall building.
The meeting is not a public meeting and is open only to invited guests within the farming community.
"(The meeting) is for specific farm groups so we can try and address very specific concerns," said UDOT Region One spokesman Vic Saunders.
UDOT West Davis Project Manager Randy Jeffries said the state considered all of the information and comments provided by the farmers and tried to integrate it all into the study as best it could. He said UDOT will continue to work with the farmers to address concerns.
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