Thousands of Councilmember Romy Cachola’s Salt Lake constituents reside within 50 yards of where the train would run.
During a town-hall meeting last month several Salt Lake residents voiced serious concern over steel on steel noise and the amount potential crime rail transit would bring. There is now a growing amount of concern from within the community with steel on steel technology as the front-runner.
It was Cachola who negotiated for rail transit to run through Salt Lake a year ago. How will he now handle this dilemma? Would he voice any concern for the people of Salt Lake at the hearings for Bill 80 CD1, FD1?
I had to see this for myself at City Hall.
There was a subtly telling exchange between Cachola and Kenneth Wong, a proponent of CD1, regarding the authority to choose the technology. Wong stated how he hoped the Council who was voted in by the people will make the best technology choice (for steel on steel).
Cachola mentioned how the bill denies the authority for the council to choose. He asked how the Council could make that choice if not given that authority themselves.
As a Salt Lake resident and homeowner with my personal property within 200 yards from this potential project I will be paying very close attention to my councilmember’s vote. The property value of tens of thousands of property owners in my neighborhood is at stake.
Dan Douglass is a licensed Realtor Associate who was raised in and currently resides in Salt Lake.
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