Preserve Green Springs

Stop the Northern Corridor Highway from cutting through your backyard!

Green Springs View — Greensprings View: Threatened by the NCH

Follow the three steps below to safeguard your backyard and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area.

As a resident of Green Springs, Brio, Warm Springs, or Middleton, you likely value your close proximity to Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, direct access to hiking trails, the serene quiet and breathtaking views.

Unfortunately, all of this and more is at risk due to the proposed Northern Corridor Highway, which would connect to the existing Washington Parkway and pass through Red Cliffs and just 300-1500 feet from the edge of Green Springs and lower your property value.

Read more about what’s at stake in the testimony below.

The Northern Corridor Highway, if built, would connect to the existing Washington Parkway Extension. Traffic volume would rise to 32-46 thousand vehicles per day by the year 2040.

This is a critical time to voice your opposition to the highway, marked by two major events: the opening of the BLM SEIS comment period (anticipated for Apr/May 2024) and the April 22nd House Natural Resources Committee Field Hearing in Washington County.

Three Steps to Protect Red Cliffs

1- Sign Up for Green Springs Updates: To ensure you’re promptly informed about upcoming opportunities to share your concerns, please fill out the form below to join our Green Springs-focused mailing list. Your privacy is paramount to us and we will never share your contact information.

2- Sign the Testimony: Join the “Homeowners Against the Highway” by signing the testimony (also below) by April 28th (end of the day) that will be presented to the House Natural Resources Committee.

Why do Homeowners Oppose the Northern Corridor Highway?

Homeowners Against the Highway

Testimony to the House Natural Resources Committee

For April 22nd Field Hearing

We, the residents of Green Springs, Brio, Warm Springs and Middleton, submit the following testimony in opposition to the Northern Corridor Highway (NCH) through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA). We support continued protection for the Red Cliffs NCA, because its values – including scenery, recreation, natural quiet, dark night skies, wildlife and refuge from the nation’s fastest-growing metro area – enrich our lives. [1]

The NCH would reduce our property values, health and safety, and quality of life.

This highway would carry 32-46 thousand vehicles per day by 2040, and would travel less than 1/10 mile from many of our homes, exposing our families to traffic noise, light and air pollution on a daily basis.[2][3]

The stunning scenery, tranquility, trails and protected habitat for threatened wildlife that we, and hundreds of thousands of area residents and visitors, enjoy in the Red Cliffs NCA would be negatively impacted.

Finally, we are deeply concerned about the risk of catastrophic wildfire associated with the highway, and reference the 2020 Turkey Farm Road Fire, which caused evacuation of Green Springs residences, as a stark example of this danger.[4][5]

We ask that the House Natural Resources Committee support one of the excellent transportation alternatives to the NCH located outside of the Red Cliffs NCA.

The Red Hills Parkway Expressway and St. George Boulevard/100 South One-way Couplet have been analyzed to reduce traffic congestion and travel time more successfully than the NCH[6] at a similar or smaller cost.[7]

Join us in opposing the NCH for the harm it would cause to homeowners, and for the dangerous precedent it would set in undermining the protection of conservation lands nationwide.

Sincerely,

The Residents of Green Springs, Brio, Warm Springs and Middleton

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE TESTIMONY

3- Attend/Host a Neighborhood Meeting: CSU is hosting neighborhood meetings on the Northern Corridor Highway. If you would like to attend or host a meeting, email: homeowners@conserveswu.org.

Questions? Please email homeowners@conserveswu.org

Are There Transportation Alternatives to the Northern Corridor Highway?

Yes! In 2020, Jacobs Engineering released a Highway Alternatives Development Report (Appendix J) that analyzed alternatives to the Northern Corridor Highway, including two located outside of the Red Cliffs NCA and away from Green Springs, Brio, Warm Springs and Middleton.

The Red Hills Parkway Expressway and St. George Blvd. / 100 South One-way Couplet were analyzed and found to perform better than the Northern Corridor Highway at reducing traffic congestion and travel time.