![]() ![]() The plan also calls for 125-acre planned development called “Misty River” with about eight houses per acre as well as a charter school. ![]() The annexation would include the 220-acre Cross E Ranch, an agricultural tourism outfit that wants municipal services access to expand the business. The 350-acre annexation proposal, called North Pointe, has plenty of neighbors sounding the alarm about future negative consequences, from residents like Jensen and Owens to Salt Lake City government to Salt Lake City International Airport planners to Great Salt Lake advocates. And as the airport grows, the noise issue “has gotten worse.”Ĭhristopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune Sounding the alarm “Just to have someone move in without knowing how bad it is, that’s unfair,” Jensen said. Jensen said she’s used to it because she grew up in the area, but newcomers will have a harder time tuning out the whoosh of jets overhead. Then there’s all the flyover noise from the nearby international airport. For one thing, hundreds of new residents would need to use 2200 West, a narrow two-lane road, to commute. ![]() They said the North Salt Lake plan, however, is the wrong kind of growth. Jensen and Owen have watched urban development encroach from nearby cities over the decades and they know change is coming. If there’s something a little shady, this is the time to do it.” “We’re in a period of time where people think nobody’s watching. “This is a mess waiting to happen,” Owen said, expressing frustration about how the plan is getting rubber-stamped. Dorothy Owen, a 30-year resident of the area and chairperson of the Westpointe Community Council, has fought against the development since she caught wind of it last year. ![]()
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