Mayors Seek Transit Study

Heber City and Midway City Mayors Kelleen Potter and Celeste Johnson are working with Park City and Mountainland Associations of Governments to conduct a Transit study for their citizens to have better transportation. But their request to review possibilities for transit has not come without skepticism and concern from Wasatch County councilman Kendall Crittenden and his brother Ron Crittenden councilman for Heber City. During an Interlocal meeting at the Midway Community Center the transit study was discussed among representatives from Heber City, Midway and Wasatch County. Kendall Crittenden stated that transit would only benefit the low income residents of Park City, allowing for them to move to Heber or Midway and ride a bus to work. The transit study will take a year to conduct and will be overseen by MAG. Funding for the study is shared with Midway contributing $1,000, Heber City contributing $2,000, MAG contributing $5,000 and Park City offering an additional amount of $5,000 from a transportation grant they received from UDOT. Doug Smith, planner for Wasatch County stated his concern with Park City’s involvement, due to past employers using Wasatch County statistics to buoy up their affordable housing numbers. He stated, “There is a cost to transit, which includes educating children and providing health care.”