State transportation officials have scheduled a meeting with Alpine School District officials after learning the district was considering building a school on a proposed east-west corridor through Lehi.

Last week, the school board met with the Lehi City Council to talk about how a proposal to build a six-lane road on 2100 North -- between Redwood Road in Saratoga Springs and Interstate 15 -- could impact the school site, at 2100 N. 2300 West. Lehi city hasn't supported the proposed road project and urged the school district to start building a school. However, building the school wouldn't necessarily mean no corridor.

The 2100 North proposal is part of the planned Mountain View Corridor, which would connect Interstate 80 in Salt Lake County with I-15 in Utah County. Lehi officials would like the corridor to run along 4800 North. A group of residents, called Citizens Organized for Smarter Transportation, also support placement of the east-west connector closer to Point of the Mountain. The project is currently in the environmental impact study phase.

Teri Newell, project manager for UDOT, said she learned about the district-city meeting last week from an article in the newspaper. She said that actions of the school board wouldn't cause UDOT to rethink the project. She said UDOT will have to strike a compromise with the district.

"We would need to buy some of the school's property," Newell said. "I don't know how much."

Lehi city administrator Jamie Davidson said the city supports the school district in its effort to build schools and meet the needs of students. Building the new school does not help the city fight against the freeway.

"No it doesn't help our fight because they are both compatible uses," Davidson said.

The corridor in Lehi could affect the placement of the school and how patrons are able to access it. The planned road would have three lanes in both directions with limited access points.

Rob Smith, Alpine's business administrator, said that in addition to the meeting the district is planning to file a concept plan with the city so it is on record that the district would like to build the school.

On Monday, district staff got an application for the concept plan and are working to complete it.

Lehi city engineer Lorin Powell said during the joint study session last week that filing the plan changes the property from a simple piece of property to a school, and UDOT would have to deal with it that way.

At the very least, the value of the property could change.

The school district will need another school in Lehi soon.

"We're starting early to get that out," Smith said.

Smith said the district plans to build it in the next round of school construction though a date for that has not been set.

Brittani Lusk can be reached at 344-2549 or at blusk@heraldextra.com.