Standard Examiner - Layton approves road extension

by Standard Examiner

LAYTON -- The Layton City Council has approved a $1.29 million extension of Fairfield Road at 3400 North to make a connection between the city's proposed business research park and a planned full-use gate on the east side of Hill Air Force Base.

The 120-day construction project to begin immediately will extend Fairfield Road northward nearly 1,000 feet. The project will also include installation of curb and gutter, as well as culinary water and sewer service, said Public Works Director Terry Coburn.

The City Council awarded the construction bid on the project to Staker & Parson Cos. The West Haven contractor submitted the lowest responsive bid of five contractors, Coburn said.

The extension will tie in a yet-to-be-named roadway that will run to the east fence of the base, said Mayor Jerry Stevenson.

"This will be a large road. It will be an (80)-footer," Stevenson said of what will eventually become a four-lane arterial.

The extension will become part of a road looping around the Sun Hills Golf Course and into 99 acres of property now under development at 1800 East and State Road 193. That acreage was annexed into the city in March for the future private development of a 40-acre business research park and high-end residential neighborhood.

By installing the sewer and water infrastructure at the same time the road work is being done, Stevenson said the city is creating a more valuable piece of property.

"Sometimes you have to do projects like this," he said. "Spending some now will get you a big return later."

Constructing the road to Hill's east gate will create a direct link between the base and the proposed business research park.

"We already have a temporary east gate," said Capt. Rob Goza, spokesman for the 75th Air Base Wing. "When Layton city finishes the road, we'll move our gate to a place that is more logical."

The "temporary" gate now in place is an unmanned gate near the end of the runway. It is padlocked and blocked by concrete barriers and only opened for specific occasions.

"The reason we're going to establish a full-on gate is to accommodate all the workload over there," Goza said. "It just makes it easier.


"It's going to be some time until that happens," he said. "This is not an immediate thing."

Layton Economic Development Director Seth Butterfield said he believes that having the base and research park in such close proximity to one another will ensure the success of the research park.
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