Green Options » Book Cliffs http://greenoptions.com/tag/book-cliffs Posts tagged 'Book Cliffs' Thu, 28 May 2009 21:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Paving Wilderness: Peril in Utah’s Book Cliffs http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/28/paving-wilderness-peril-in-utahs-book-cliffs/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/28/paving-wilderness-peril-in-utahs-book-cliffs/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 21:20:43 +0000 Ruedigar Matthes http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/28/paving-wilderness-peril-in-utahs-book-cliffs/ A View Overlooking Utah\'s Book CLiff RegionUtah’s Book Cliffs exist as one of the largest expanses of land in the lower 48 states without a paved highway.  The BLM, however, is considering a project that would change that. Uintah County’s Seep Ridge Road Paving Project proposes paving over an existing road, which would allow greater recreational (and other, including hunting and oil and gas exploration) access.  The proposal states that:

“the road is currently composed of dirt or native material and several segments of the existing road do not meet current federal and state road design standards for public safety. All projections indicate a continued substantial increase in light and heavy vehicle traffic on the road, primarily associated with energy development in the Book Cliffs area.” (UT-080-08-0238 section 1.2)

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