(From the August/September Zephyr) Take it or Leave it: Book Cliffs Highway Update & Some Thoughts on “Production v Consumption…by Jim Stiles

An excerpt:

Four months ago,  the Grand County Council presented a proposal to build an “energy transportation corridor” via Sego Canyon, through the Book Cliffs, to possible oil development sites in the northern tip of Grand County. The plan included the creation of a paved highway, for energy transportation and tourism, that would have linked Vernal, Utah with I-70 and other recreation destinations in southeast Utah.  It also proposed a corridor for energy pipelines.

Sego Canyon is narrow, isolated, and undeveloped, accessible only by an unimproved dirt road. It ends at the Ute Indian reservation boundary. A gate was constructed by the Utes in the mid-80s and the completion of the proposed transportation corridor would require the construction of at least ten miles of new road, through some of the most rugged terrain in the American West.

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http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/08/03/take-it-or-leave-it-book-cliffs-highway-update-some-thoughts-on-production-v-consumption-by-jim-stiles/