Pleasant View - Principal Dave Wallace of Majestic Elementary School spoke to the City council about wanting to put a walking path along 2550 North. He said that currently there is a stretch of about 180 yards along the road without a sidewalk that makes it dangerous for people to use, especially children who have to use the road to walk to school. The speed limit on the road is 40 MPH and there is an open ditch along the road as well. Between 60 and 80 students must use the road, since they are ineligible to ride buses. Principal Wallace has discussed this issue with Harrisville and North Ogden as well, since the school serves all three cities. He mentioned how the school has received several donations already from the Kiwanis Club and Smith’s Marketplace to help with the walking path. The PTA has also been working on getting donations as well. The Council is hopeful that they will be able to use some of the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) to help fund the project, along with help from the other surrounding cities as well.
There are currently two vacancies on the planning commission looking to be filled. The Council will post more information about how to apply for the positions in their January newsletter along with a due date for applications. Anyone interested will need to make sure they will be able to attend meetings regularly since there was an issue with some previous members being inconsistent in their attendance. Make sure to check out the newsletter for more information.
The Council approved of 6-foot shoulders/120-foot travel lanes as part of a street cross section for the Skyline Drive project located along US-89 to 1100 W. and 4300 N. The most important aspects of the project include improving safety by reducing heavy truck traffic along the road and providing “an east-west connectivity corridor from Pleasant View/Farr West to North Ogden area.” Pleasant View Assistant City Administrator Valerie Claussen said this option would best fit the needs of the City since, “The wider shoulders would provide the best pull-out situation for not only regular traveling vehicles, but also more room if there are problems with the trucks needing to pull over as well.”
