Wetlands

SYRACUSE — After some public uproar over changes to the West Davis Corridor, the Utah Department of Transportation says its new route will have fewer impacts and will cost less money than the old one.

But a group of Syracuse residents says a number of human impacts aren’t being considered.

FARMINGTON -- The Utah Transit Authority is saying goodbye to a large chunk of land it owns in west Farmington.

UTA will transfer a 60-acre parcel of land in Farmington to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as part of an agreement between the transit agency, the UDWR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

FARR WEST -- After a scolding from its own attorney, the city council this week granted Anthony Marler permission to build an assisted living facility.

The action reversed the council's ruling earlier this year that the center could not be built because it was on land the council designated as wetlands.

Attorney Jody Burnett advised the council in no uncertain terms that the city must permit the project. The council then voted unanimously to reconsider and approve a conditional permit and site plan for Seasons Assisted Living.

LAYTON -- The Utah Department of Transportation continues to make the rounds in defense of its West Davis Corridor project.

On Wednesday night, West Davis Project Manager Randy Jeffries gave a presentation at Hill Air Force Base to the Davis County Council of Governments, formally responding to a letter drafted by the Davis County Commission.

Jeffries and other members of the West Davis planning team have spent much of the past few months making appearances at public meetings throughout the Top of Utah.