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  • Saratoga Springs to annex 2,000 acres

    SARATOGA SPRINGS (Daily Herald) -- Thursday night Saratoga Springs officials met with residents and property owners to prepare for an annexation of approximately 2,000 acres, increasing the city by more than 14 percent.

    The proposed land extends almost 3 miles in length at its longest point, and is about a mile and a half wide. The area in question basically fills in a block of land that runs to the south and west of the current city boundary, filling in the land from Redwood Road to the Eagle Mountain border.

  • Saratoga Springs extending Pony Express Parkway

    (Daily Herald) With the help of a $3.5 million grant from Utah County, Saratoga Springs officials were able to award a bid to complete Pony Express Parkway from the Eagle Mountain border into their city.

  • Saratoga Springs extending Pony Express Parkway

    (Daily Herald) With the help of a $3.5 million grant from Utah County, Saratoga Springs officials were able to award a bid to complete Pony Express Parkway from the Eagle Mountain border into their city.

  • Saratoga plans 700-plus acre annexation

    (Daily Herald) City Council members in Saratoga Springs prepared for a new addition to their boundaries on Tuesday, an annexation of more than 700 acres with a potential of more than 4,300 residential, business and other units.

    The Teguayo Project is on the south side of the Saratoga Springs city boundaries in unincorporated Utah County.

  • Saratoga plans 700-plus acre annexation

    (Daily Herald) City Council members in Saratoga Springs prepared for a new addition to their boundaries on Tuesday, an annexation of more than 700 acres with a potential of more than 4,300 residential, business and other units.

    The Teguayo Project is on the south side of the Saratoga Springs city boundaries in unincorporated Utah County.

  • Middle school in Saratoga Springs nears completion

    (Daily Herald) Tucked in behind the imposing Westlake High School building is the shell of a new middle school for Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain.

    The school will be the second in the area, relieving Willow Creek Middle School, which is becoming overcrowded with the rapid growth of Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain.

    Final touches such as floor tiles and ceiling tiles are being laid at the school. The school is 80 percent complete, Principal Steven Stewart said. The school is on track to open for the 2010-2011 school year.

  • Saratoga Springs discusses possible annexation

    The Saratoga Springs Planning Commission discussed the proposal to annex 750 acres of property for future development. The property is located south of the city at 5200 South and Redwood Road. The proposed development, Teguayo, would be similar to Daybreak. Before the land can be annexed, the city needs to approve a new zone entitled "planned community." The planning commission will vote on the zoning in its Jan. 5 meeting.

  • New homebuilding firm to construct on foreclosed property

    (The Enterprise) Candlelight Homes, a new home-building company formed by the principals of South Jordan DAI, is focusing its efforts on developing communities on foreclosed land acquired from local banks. Candlelight is working on Stillwater at Saratoga in Saratoga Springs and Valentine Estates in Woods Cross. Stillwater will have 237 home sites. Prices will start in the $190s. Valentine will have 93 sites for homes and 182 townhomes, with prices starting in the $170s.

  • Bridge meeting addresses public's concerns

    SARATOGA SPRINGS (Daily Herald) -- "The biggest complaint in the Salt Lake Valley is east-west movement," said state Rep. Ken Sumsion, R-American Fork. With the population of Utah County expected to more than double in the next few decades, he wants to avoid having that same transportation problem.

  • Westlake High School dedicated in Saratoga Springs

    (Daily Herald) "Ten years ago, we would never have dreamed that the next high school would be built in Saratoga Springs."

    So spoke JoDee Sundberg, Alpine School District board member, on Tuesday during a dedication ceremony for Westlake, Utah Valley's newest high school.

    The huge, $61 million school opened to students in August after three years of planning and construction. Fred Openshaw is the inaugural principal. Board member Guy Fugal gave the dedicatory prayer on Tuesday.

  • Lehi firm plans 12-acre project in Saratoga Springs

    (The Enterprise) Cadence Capital is developing a 12-acre commercial office/warehouse project in Saratoga Springs. The project will be located at 2175 N. Redwood Road and will bring automobile services to the area. Tenants include an auto repair center and an auto parts store. The project will also include a restaurant pad and 48,000 square feet of retail space. The architect is Cornerstone Design Group. A general contractor is still being sought. Financing has been secured. The ground breaking is undetermined.

  • Saratoga Springs gets $500K grant to improve marina

    SARATOGA SPRINGS (Daily Herald) -- With a $520,075 grant from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, Saratoga Springs is planning to move forward to improve the city marina so more people can use it.

  • 12-acre multi-use develoment proposed for Saratoga Springs

    At a meeting of the Saratoga Springs Planning Commission, Ryan Bybee with Cadence Capital proposed a site plan for a 12-acre, multi-use development. The project would include retail, office and storage buildings. Bybee plans to build the development in phases, with phase one consisting of a 5,500-square-foot retail strip, a car wash and an auto shop. The Saratoga Springs City Council will review the proposal.

  • Site plan approved for 72-unit condo project

    Saratoga Springs Planning Commission approved the site plan for the 72-unit Jordan Ridge Condominiums. If the project is approved by the city council, Red Castle Enterprises, LLC, will construct six buildings on 8.25 acres at 1175 N. Riverside Drive. The project will include several amenities, such as a playground and a picnic area.

  • Bridge debate creates waves

    SARATOGA SPRINGS (Deseret News) — Jolean Domson spends 90 minutes every day commuting 20 miles from her home in Saratoga Springs to her job at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

    Most of that time is spent on a frustrating few miles of one of Utah's busiest — and slowest — roads: Main Street in Lehi.

    Gavin Whiting, another Saratoga Springs resident, calls the rush-hour traffic "a nightmare." Whiting, 42, has a daughter who battles the traffic each night on her way to work in Orem.

  • Saratoga Springs leaders question Utah Lake bridge plans

    SARATOGA SPRINGS (Daily Herald) -- Although one resident said the probability of building a bridge across Utah Lake is about as likely as getting a Social Security check when he reaches retirement age, a private firm is trying to make the transportation dream a reality.

    "I also feel a little bit powerless because this is a private bridge that the public is saying isn't going to matter as much," resident Krison Cooper said. "It concerns me when it is going to affect me."

  • Lehi project to ease Main Street congestion

    LEHI (Deseret News) — There's no such thing as a mad dash out of Lehi, Saratoga Springs or Eagle Mountain.

    When people in those areas want to escape to I-15, there's only one way out: Lehi Main Street, a one-lane road in each direction that promises stop-and-go traffic at any time of the day, except maybe 3 a.m.

  • UDOT revises plans, adds eastbound lane to SR-73

    (Deseret News) After six months of construction on state Route 73, the Utah Department of Transportation is adding another eastbound lane from 800 West in Saratoga Springs to Redwood Road, thanks partially to complaints from Eagle Mountain residents.

    "(Residents) asked us to examine if there was the possibility of putting in an eastbound lane," said UDOT spokesman Scott Thompson. "And we decided we had enough road to make that happen."

  • S. Springs mayor speaks out against proposed Utah Lake bridge

    (Daily Herald) Calling it ill-planned and harmful, the mayor of Saratoga Springs is speaking out against a proposed bridge over Utah Lake.

    The location is wrong, it will destroy the city's view of the lake, the toll will cost too much, it will bring unwanted traffic congestion, and it does not compliment the regional transportation plan, said Saratoga Springs Mayor Tim Parker.

  • Group proposes bridge over Utah Lake

    (Deseret News) Would you pay $2 or $3 to drive across Utah Lake on a long toll bridge from Orem to Saratoga Springs, saving the time and gasoline cost of cruising around the lake?

    A Utah County group, called Utah Crossing Inc., hopes you will. And they're willing to bet $600 million on it.

    Leon Harward of Utah Crossing and Rep. Ken Sumsion, R-American Fork, briefed state House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon on a six-mile bridge that they say can be built privately, owned privately, financed privately and constructed in just three years.

  • Saratoga Springs considers 240-unit development

    Developer Mike Stewart with JMMS Enterprises plans to build a 240-unit multi-family residential development in Saratoga Springs. The development would be built on 12 acres at 130 S. Commerce Dr. Twenty-one units will be built on each acre. The apartments would have several amenities, including a swimming pool, a club house, a park, open space and trails. Site plan review will take place in November or December. Construction could begin as soon as March or April 2010.

  • Relief for Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs commuters on the way

    DESERET NEWS -- Driving out to Saratoga Springs or Eagle Mountain is a bit laborious, but motorists from those two communities are getting a little relief.

    Two separate projects in north Utah County will make the road to Saratoga Springs and beyond into Eagle Mountain much easier by next fall.

  • LDS Church looking at proposal for future freeway

    SARATOGA SPRINGS (KSL)  - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking at its farmland in Utah County as a possible route for a new freeway.

    Future projections show hundreds of thousands of people could be living on the western side of Utah County within the next several decades.

    A good chunk of farmland near Saratoga Springs, the Cedar Valley and the Genola area are owned by The LDS Church. The Church hired consultants to find the best possible freeway routes through that land.

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