Provo MSA Development Thread

[Erector]

Love your zeal Orlando, and Urban boy for that matter. I too would love to see physical limits placed on developable lands in Utah County, problem is, ain't gonna happen.

I was asked to provide research to a task force assigned by Utah County in 1996. At that meeting in the former UVCC, County commisioners, mayors, UTA, school district supers were all in attendance. Try having 29 incorporated towns and cities, most in any county within the state, come to a general concensus regarding county wide transit, water usage, open space, industrial zoning, etc. Thing is, without a comprehensive countywide growth plan, Utah County is doomed to be the Orange County of Utah. No general CBD for business and finance, big box at every freeway exit, med sized highrise and hotels dotting every city, and years of freeway, highway and mass transit creation because nobody wants them running through their back yard. Until then each city has their own development plan and infrastructure needs. And it will stay that way till either the county comes together to provide a unified model, or the water runs out. Has nothing to do with uneducated planners, and everything to do with money. Because of this, don't worry, there will not be any bridge or major highway going west for a hell of a long time.