Crime at park and ride lots a concern
Apr 22, 2010 | 161 views | 0 
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| 4 | | In response to Bryan Gray’s recent column regarding safety concerns associated with a rail line down Main Street in Bountiful and Centerville, a KSL investigative report conducted in 2007 found the following:
“We spent weeks poring over police reports from several different TRAX lots. We never expected to find this much crime. In just two years at least 300 cars were stolen or vandalized. Plus there were dozens of robberies, multiple acts of lewdness and, even worse, sexual assaults.”
KSL investigators discovered that police responded to nearly two incidents a day at TRAX park and ride lots. The article can be found at http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=309&sid=1152134 and at http://drapertrax .com/articles/traxcrime.html. Park and ride lots will be a necessary part of any rail line running through Bountiful and Centerville’s Main Street.
While I agree that parking is the biggest concern with UTA’s proposed rail line, KSL’s study demonstrates that safety and the potential of increased crime is a concern that cannot, contrary to Mr. Gray’s assertions, be ignored.
Sean Monson
Bountiful
I hate the thought of trax in bountiful!!! Were not like Salt lake were there is a building in every direction. If there is trax in bountiful/Centerville, it is ten feet from where our kids are use to playing every day in our front yard. I here horror stories on the news about assaults, robberies, and all other crimes committed on and around trax and I want that nowhere near my home in which i've lived my whole life!
ReplyDeleteI cant stand the thought either!! I would want to move from my home if the build trax here but then my home wont sell and I already wouldn't be able to get what I owe on it
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