Park City is Gathering Input on Elements of the Transportation Plan

Post Date:02/15/2011

Park City, Utah -- Park City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has been working on a plan to address mobility in the City to 2040 and is getting ready to pull together a draft plan. City leaders will have elements of the draft plan available for public review and comment at a public open house scheduled for Monday, February 28th from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the Eccles Theater at Park City High School, 1750 Kearns Boulevard, Park City.

Topics that will be included and will be available for review and comment include:

· Transportation Goals and Objectives

· Street Cross-section Standards

· Functional Classification of Roads

· “Gateway Corridors” such as Guardsman’s Pass and a Deer Valley connection

· “Neighborhood Connections” such as the North 40 road, a Solamere connection, among others

· Transit, both within Park City and to areas outside the City

· Non-motorized Trails

Attendees will have the opportunity to talk with PCMC staff and transportation consultants about all of these topics. No formal presentations will be made and people are invited to come and go at their convenience.

The transportation plan builds upon elements expressed by the public in the Vision Park City planning process in 2009 and an earlier public meeting on the transportation held in October 2010. Public comment will be used to finalize the plan for City approval in approximately April 2011.

For more information http://www.interplanco.com/current-projects/parkcity or contact Andrea Olson (1-801-307-3400) or Matt Cassel (435-615-5075).
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Converting our electricity to 100% renewable is a major part of our transition to become a carbon neutral community. Renewable electricity is created using technologies that don't burn any fossil fuels to create energy, such as water, wind or the sun. There are no associated greenhouse gas emissions with creating energy from renewables. We're confident that the future will be powered with renewables.

Approximately one-third of our community-wide carbon footprint comes from the electricity we use. Decarbonization means removing the carbon emitted from our energy sources. Transitioning to renewables is how we will decarbonize the energy that Park City uses.

In 2016, Park City made the decision to work with the local utility, Rocky Mountain Power, to work together to bring 100% renewable electricity to Park City. Salt Lake City, Summit County and Moab have joined the effort and in total we will convert eighteen percent of Utah’s electric grid to renewables. While Park City is a small community of only around 8,000 people, we believe we have the power to influence to create a pathway for other communities to transition to 100% renewables.

Not only does renewable energy emit drastically fewer carbon emissions as it produces electricity, it will transform Utah’s economy, produce jobs and provide stable electricity. It will also clean the air as we transition our homes, buildings, and transportation to fully electric. Renewables are becoming cheaper than fossil fuels. Renewable energy has plunged is price, and now is competitive, and often cheaper, when compared to traditional coal and natural gas generation. Renewable electricity often has zero cost fuel. The sun and wind don’t ever send a bill. Compare this to traditional coal and natural gas generation, where the fuel price can fluctuate. PacifiCorp, Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, recently stated that thirteen of its twenty-two coal plants are uneconomic.

In addition, renewable energy keeps the dollars spent on energy close to home. Park City alone spends over $245 million per year on energy, much of which ends up in unstable or even corrupt regions of the world. Imagine if that money was spent on local jobs, benefiting our local economy?

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