This thread discusses the Content article: HERALD POLL: Bridge would benefit lake
If they build one, eventually they will build many and our great grandkids will lose the lake altogether.

It may not be Lake Tahoe, but I can bike to Utah Lake, I can afford to drive to Utah Lake. I can hear the sounds of birds, insects...the buzz in the air. Take a walk along the north-south trail nearby the State Park...the one that goes by the DeSpain easement. There is a healing there for the mind, body and soul. I guess a person could go to a doctor and get anti-depressants, tranquilizers, anti-anxiety meds etc; I guess you could buy a bigscreen plasma TV to try to replicate the visuals and a $1000 stereo to replicate the audio. But why? The lake is there, nearly for free. Human commerce need not divide it with bridges.

Let the people on the west build what they need there, and live there. I don't want a bridge now or ever.

WaynesWorld wrote:
This thread discusses the Content article: HERALD POLL: Bridge would benefit lake
If they build one, eventually they will build many and our great grandkids will lose the lake altogether.

It may not be Lake Tahoe, but I can bike to Utah Lake, I can afford to drive to Utah Lake. I can hear the sounds of birds, insects...the buzz in the air. Take a walk along the north-south trail nearby the State Park...the one that goes by the DeSpain easement. There is a healing there for the mind, body and soul. I guess a person could go to a doctor and get anti-depressants, tranquilizers, anti-anxiety meds etc; I guess you could buy a bigscreen plasma TV to try to replicate the visuals and a $1000 stereo to replicate the audio. But why? The lake is there, nearly for free. Human commerce need not divide it with bridges.

Let the people on the west build what they need there, and live there. I don't want a bridge now or ever.


^5^ I totally agree...

WaynesWorld wrote:
This thread discusses the Content article: HERALD POLL: Bridge would benefit lake
If they build one, eventually they will build many and our great grandkids will lose the lake altogether.

It may not be Lake Tahoe, but I can bike to Utah Lake, I can afford to drive to Utah Lake. I can hear the sounds of birds, insects...the buzz in the air. Take a walk along the north-south trail nearby the State Park...the one that goes by the DeSpain easement. There is a healing there for the mind, body and soul. I guess a person could go to a doctor and get anti-depressants, tranquilizers, anti-anxiety meds etc; I guess you could buy a bigscreen plasma TV to try to replicate the visuals and a $1000 stereo to replicate the audio. But why? The lake is there, nearly for free. Human commerce need not divide it with bridges.

Let the people on the west build what they need there, and live there. I don't want a bridge now or ever.

I realize that you might find it relaxing and soothing to walk along the lake occasionally. However, others of us find it anything but soothing to fight traffic every morning and evening.

As the article pointed out, growth will continue here in Utah Valley, and I for one find it hard to justify thousands of commuters with the associated pollution sacrificing their time daily for a few people that find a lake without a bridge more relaxing than one with.

RunningMan wrote:
WaynesWorld wrote:
This thread discusses the Content article: HERALD POLL: Bridge would benefit lake
If they build one, eventually they will build many and our great grandkids will lose the lake altogether.

It may not be Lake Tahoe, but I can bike to Utah Lake, I can afford to drive to Utah Lake. I can hear the sounds of birds, insects...the buzz in the air. Take a walk along the north-south trail nearby the State Park...the one that goes by the DeSpain easement. There is a healing there for the mind, body and soul. I guess a person could go to a doctor and get anti-depressants, tranquilizers, anti-anxiety meds etc; I guess you could buy a bigscreen plasma TV to try to replicate the visuals and a $1000 stereo to replicate the audio. But why? The lake is there, nearly for free. Human commerce need not divide it with bridges.

Let the people on the west build what they need there, and live there. I don't want a bridge now or ever.

I realize that you might find it relaxing and soothing to walk along the lake occasionally. However, others of us find it anything but soothing to fight traffic every morning and evening.

As the article pointed out, growth will continue here in Utah Valley, and I for one find it hard to justify thousands of commuters with the associated pollution sacrificing their time daily for a few people that find a lake without a bridge more relaxing than one with.

You make a choice to live where you live. I do live on the west side, and would not want a bridge. it is expensive and wasteful of natural resources. I would much rather see a beltway loop to alleviate traffic.