NORTH SALT LAKE -- The city's Eaglewood Village development will still move ahead, despite the continued unhappiness of some local businesses. Lakeview Rock Products, which is located just south of the Eaglewood Village property, recently withdrew an appeal to the Board of Adjustments that sought to invalidate the the city's December approval of relocating the frontage road alongside Highway 89.

That relocation, which North Salt Lake City officials assert has been part of the development's plans since the beginning, will partially restrict Lakeview's ability to turn onto Highway 89.

"The city has nothing but the best of feelings for Hughes General Contractors and feels a great empathy for them," said North Salt Lake City Attorney Mike Neilsen of the group in charge of Lakeview. "We've really looked at every option, but it's one of those situations where nothing we've been able to determine can be done."

The appeal, which was based on allegations that the city council had not declared and sufficiently publicized a public hearing before making a decision, lost ground after the council held a public hearing on the topic at its March 18 meeting. In his response to Lakeview's appeal, Neilson also cited the repeated discussion of the change that had occurred for months previous.

"The reality is that Lakeview had notice of this proposed road relocation for many months and had numerous opportunities to be heard, including at the Nov. 27 planning commission hearing and the Dec. 4 city council hearing," wrote Neilson.

"There can be no doubt that the planning commission and city council fully and thoroughly considered Lakeview's objections to the relocation of the frontage road."

The road change caused by Eaglewood would restrict Lakeview to only right-turn access out of one of their Highway 89 access points, though another access further south would continue to allow both right and left turns.

"The roads [in the Eaglewood Village development] will be private and narrow, and public access for future development to the south will be cut off," said Scott Hughes at the Dec. 4 meeting.

North Salt Lake, however, has tried to make the transition as easy on Lakewood as possible.

At the March 18 meeting the city council confirmed its December decision, which included several conditions designed to help Lakeview with their transportation issues. Some of these included temporarily keeping open the left turn access, as well as assuring the company limited access to the development's roads in perpetuity.

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