FARMINGTON—Following a public hearing on April 6 where multiple residents expressed concerns, the Farmington City Council discussed whether a new “stub” road is needed in the Chestnut Farms subdivision.

The Chestnut Farms subdivision sits between 1525 West and 1100 West and borders two properties colloquially called the Young and Bangerter properties.

The proposed road is an unfinished stub on 1365 West that would eventually cut through the Bangerter property and connect to a future 600 South extension. The road’s addition is an amendment to the neighborhood master plan submitted by Symphony Homes and approved by the Farmington Council in April 2012. The amendment also includes a cul-de-sac.

“To have that as an unfinished road for who knows how long … that is not pretty,” said Mark Tingey, a resident who lives adjacent to the proposed new road during the public hearing. “It is not finished. It is not in any way a nice site to look at. I would far more appreciate it if the city council could address that by either allowing that to be a cul-de-sac instead of a road that goes through there or even instead putting that road as the cul-de-sac and at the end having that road go stub into Bangerter’s from there.”

Tingey wasn’t the only resident to express concerns over the plan for the stub road and cul-de-sac.

“Why is the city interested in connectivity?” said council member Scott Isaacson. “For me, some of the very important factors are safety, so that there’s more than one access into an area.”

“There are always sometime in the livelihood of a residential street … a crucial call where a minute or two can make the difference in whether somebody is resuscitated and they’re able to get them to the hospital without loss of life,” City Manager Shane Pace said. “And so it’s always better to have more entryways into a neighborhood than just one or two.”

Ultimately, the motion to move forward with the amendment passed with no opposition.

“If we knew that the Bangerter property would never develop, then we wouldn’t do this,” said Isaacson. “We wouldn’t put a stub road down there. But we don’t know that. As representatives for the city, we have to look to the future … as long as it doesn’t develop, it’s going to be the same effect as a cul-de-sac … but when they do develop the property to the south, I’m persuaded it would be in the best interest of the community to have access there.”