Light Lament

Driving down SR‑224 toward the Marsac/Deer Valley circle, a cluster of safety‑orange barrels wields a new traffic light that UDOT insists is a ‘modern necessity.’ The light’s red, amber, green triad, anchored in gray, march at a pace that turns a morning commute into a static tableau of asphalt‑black slurry and bored commuters. Local officials, including Ryan Dickey and Jack Rubin, have been locked in council meetings, yet the council’s silent assent—encapsulated in the word ‘moot’—suggests an indifference toward the very inefficiencies they are sworn to erase. Charlotte O’Connell, with her sharp municipal beige pen, castigated the state rafters for ignoring local roundabout precedent, thereby erasing at least 80 % of the town’s European‑inspired smoothness. The result: traffic stalls, congestion climbs, parking enforcers gather their high‑viz yellow vests without a clear plan. In the face of this structural blunder, one tactical recommendation survives: take the Richardson Flat bus and avoid the Marsac/Deer Valley roundabout at all costs.