| Early
1960s
|
Community
leaders recognized the need for an alternative route after I-15 was
completed. The West Davis Highway was planned by communities and
designated as the alternate roadway.
|
| 1962
|
West
Davis Highway appears on planning documents.
|
| 1980
– 1990 |
Plans
for a highway continue to be addressed by communities.
|
| 1995
– 1996
|
Davis
County leaders, recognizing environmental concerns, consider that the
project can serve both as a principal road and as a barrier between
wetland and non-wetland areas. |
| 1995 |
Utah
Legislature designates $500,000 for a Major Investment Study to research
transportation alternatives along the West Davis Highway corridor.
|
| 1996 |
Gov.
Leavitt announces long-range concept for a new Legacy Highway, extending
from Box Elder County to Juab County.
The West Davis Highway is the only defined element of the concept,
furthering the vision of community leaders and planners from 35 years
earlier.
|
| 1997 |
Utah
Department of Transportation (UDOT) begins Environmental Impact Study (EIS)
for the Legacy-West Davis Highway.
|
| 1998 |
Gov.
Leavitt changes name from Legacy West Davis Highway to Legacy Parkway. The
Legacy Parkway Nature Preserve concept is unveiled.
|
| October 1998 |
Draft
EIS released for public comment
|
| 1998
– 1999 |
Six
public meetings are held as well as a public hearing regarding the draft
EIS in October 1998.
|
| 1999
— 2000 |
Public
meetings continue, peer review of transportation model, refinements of
alignment to minimize impacts; additional wildlife habitat compensation
developed.
|
| July
2000 |
Final
EIS (FEIS) released for public review.
|
| July
14, 2000 |
UDOT
resubmits the Section 404 application for filling of wetlands.
|
| July
14 – Sept. 14, 2000 |
A
public notice and request for comments is issued to inform stakeholders
about the proposed activity.
|
| Aug.
23, 2000 |
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers public hearing on the Section 404 permit
application.
|
| Oct.
31, 2000 |
FHWA
issues Record of Decision (ROD) approving Legacy Parkway.
|
| Dec.
22, 2000 |
Pending
404 permit approval, UDOT awards design and construction contract to
Fluor-Daniel, Ames Construction, and Ed Kraemer and Sons (FAK).
|
| Jan.
9, 2001 |
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers issues 404 permit.
|
| Jan.
17, 2001 |
Utahns
for Better Transportation and Mayor Rocky Anderson bring suit in federal
district court challenging the issuance of the permits and ROD.
|
| Jan.
31, 2001 |
Sierra
Club brings suit to federal district court challenging the issuance of the
permits and ROD.
|
| April
2001 |
Plaintiffs
and UDOT enter into an agreement to limit construction activities to the
North Interchange until Aug. 1,
2001. The agreement includes a provision that plaintiffs can file a
motion for injunctive relief on or after July 15, 2001.
|
| May
– Aug. 1, 2001 |
|
| May
– August 2001 |
UDOT
provides plaintiffs with weekly status report of specific construction
activities and location of work planned for that week and following weeks.
|
| Aug.
1, 2001 |
As
per agreement with plaintiffs, FAK begins earth-disturbing construction
activities throughout the Legacy Parkway Project.
|
| Aug.
11, 2001 |
U.S.
District Judge Bruce S. Jenkins dismisses lawsuit, thereby ruling in
UDOT’s favor.
|
| Sept.
27, 2001 |
Plaintiffs
file a motion for injunctive relief with the federal district court. |
| Oct.
26, 2001 |
The
federal district court dismisses plaintiff’s motion for injunctive
relief.
|
| Nov.
2, 2001 |
Plaintiffs
file appeal for injunctive relief with the 10th Circuit Court
of Appeals in Denver.
|
| Nov.
16, 2001 |
10th
Circuit Court of Appeals grants plaintiffs a temporary injunction pending
resolution of appeals. Construction put on hold until the outcome of the
hearing on the appeal, but design and right-of-way acquisition is allowed
to continue. |
| Feb. 28,
2002 |
10th Circuit
Court of Appeals accepts agreement between plaintiffs and UDOT allowing
non-Legacy Parkway-related work to proceed on Burke Lane and Shepard Lane
in Farmington. |
| March 20,
2002 |
10th Circuit
Court of Appeals hears both sides of the Legacy Parkway case. |
| Sept. 12,
2002 |
Ground is
broken for the grade separation project at Farmington's Shepard Lane,
which was added by change order to the Legacy Parkway Project as a way of
utilizing workers and equipment idled by the court-ordered suspension of
the Legacy Parkway Project. |
| Sept. 16,
2002 |
The 10th
Circuit Court of Appeals remands the case against the Legacy Parkway
Project to the appropriate regulatory agencies, leaving the injunction
suspending work on the project in place until several issues are resolved. |
| Nov. 20,
2002 |
UDOT, the
FHWA and the Corps announce that preliminary work is beginning on a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Legacy Parkway
Project. |
| Dec. 17,
2002 |
Jones &
Stokes, an Oakland, Calif.-based consulting firm, is selected to work as
an independent quality manager for the development of environmental
information on the Legacy Parkway SEIS. |
| February 2003 |
The 9th
District Court officially remands the FEIS and ROD to the FHWA and the
Corps "for the purpose of dealing with the limited deficiencies
identified by the Court of Appeals in its Opinion." |
| April 17, 2003 |
The first
public scoping meeting for the Legacy SEIS is held at Woods Cross High
School. |
| April 28 & 29, 2003 |
Scoping
focus group meetings are held on the "limited deficiencies" at
the Davis County Fair Park. |