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Developer "clears" last hurdle March 28, 2018, 5:04 pmA 38.8-acre project, Traverse Mountain West Canyon at Gray Hawk Drive & Ravencrest Lane, includes up to 50 single family homes above Eagle Summit (although the developer says 25 or less are likely to be built) and 50 single family homes above Winterhaven. The development includes a 8.5-acre elementary school site with fields (to be donated to Alpine School District), a 4-acre church site and a 3.2-acre private park above Winterhaven. The developer will donate $40,000 toward the Traverse Mountain biking trail system. The most unusual aspect of the project is how the land will be prepared for the development. The site will be graded and soil, sand and gravel will be removed over a three- to three-and-a-half-year period. Much of the material that needs to be removed will be transported by a nearly half-mile conveyor to the adjacent Geneva Rock Products facility. "It's certainly the first of its kind," Community Development Director Kim Struthers said of the conveyor. "It makes sense because of its proximity to Geneva. If it was farther away, it would probably be too cost-prohibitive to utilize a conveyor." Some of the fill material will be removed by truck. Initially, the project met with stiff opposition from neighbors concerned with the dust that will be generated over that time, but the developer has met with them several times over the last several months and most have signed off on his proposed mitigation plans. Another unusual element is a development agreement which allows the developer to swap land densities with another project the developer owns elsewhere in the city. A higher density plan for the same property was previously approved by the city council. That plan included 100 townhomes above Eagle Summit and 80 four-story stacked condos above Winterhaven. Now, under the land swap, the developer will be allowed to add an additional 80 units to a development it owns adjacent to the Hyatt hotel and across Cabela's Boulevard from the Outlets at Traverse Mountain. "This is not too uncommon," Struthers said of the density swap. "It's already something we're allowing in the Traverse Mountain Area Plan." Perry Homes, which owns some of the property adjacent to the West Canyon project, will also transfer some of its density allowance to a property it owns adjacent to Timpanogos Highway. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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