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I don't see any reason why the Utah Lake bridge should ever HAVE to happen.

I-215, I didn't say that suburbs have no advantage. I said sprawl has no advantage. Reading your response to my post, I think you're mistaking me. There's a vast difference between growth and sprawl. Growth is inevitable, and brings with it many good things, but it should be planned and executed responsibly (as possible). I'll for responsible growth, realizing that it necessitates some compromises.
But when land consumption is disproportionate to population growth, you've got sprawl, and what's happened on the west side of Utah Lake is not a good thing. And this bridge, in my opinion, is exactly the type of "development" that must not be allowed. There are other ways to grow, ways that do less damage to a vital natural commodity, that will do less to encourage irresponsible trends, and that will be catered to a larger mass of people, rather than a select few who chose to live on the far fringes of a community.