West Jordan’s infrastructure parallels public safety in terms of being a priority for our citizens and in determining our quality of life.  Maintaining and enhancing our current water supply, sewage, utilities, and roadways needs to be a constant focus of our city council to address our current needs and to meet future demands efficiently. 

Some members of our current City Council have worked hard to improve our road quality.  I will support ongoing efforts and will also take every opportunity to lobby the county and state to facilitate the traffic commute for our residents along our primary east west corridors of 7000 South, 7800 South, and 9000 South.  I favor the overpass construction on 7800 South and New Bingham Highway and the extension to 5600 west. I have been, and will continue to be, an opponent to any tolls for use of the Mountain View Corridor and will as Mayor lobby our legislature to finish the construction while minimizing the impact on any current residential areas.

Other areas of infrastructure, such as our storm drain system need to be upgraded in those areas where flooding has been a problem in the past.  Residents should not expect their homes and possessions to be at risk because of inadequate drainage.  Flooding has certainly increased the cost of their insurance and certainly has caused them a lot of time, effort and drudgery related to clean-up and repairs.  I will work with our city planners to ensure they insist on adequate pre-development engineering of drainage-related issues. 

We need to address the adequacy of our streets and develop a systematic and sustainable plan for fixing potholes that cause damage to our vehicles.  As mayor I will work with our city maintenance staff to lay out a plan to monitor roadways and to respond on needed repairs in a timely manner.  This is one area where with the proper means of communication West Jordan residents can be extra eyes for the city crews in identifying road repair issues before they become major concerns.                                         

Our public works department has demonstrated this last year with the significant snow fall their experience in keeping our roads safe and clear of snow and ice. I applaud our Department of Public Works and will do all I can as Mayor to supply them with support.