What’s the plan? — Charting a future for Salt Lake County’s west bench proves complex as growth pressures build

The pressures on Salt Lake County’s west side aren’t letting up.Already at the epicenter of a statewide population surge since 2000, the area west of Bangerter Highway spanning all the way to the Oquirrh Mountain foothills holds the county’s last major reserves of undeveloped land.What is ultimately constructed on those parcels — how tall the buildings are, how many dwellings spread over each acre, what roads will need to be built or improved — is the focus of inten