Dear Editor,

As a resident of Vernal and Air Village Hills, I would like to make a comment on the article “Neighbors oppose rezoning.” The Outlaw Country Development is proposing 360 high density apartments right behind Casa Rios Restaurant, plus additional 350 homes.

How many of you residents of Vernal have ever driven to Roosevelt? Most I’m sure. You would not be too hard pressed to state what a horrible view going into and coming out of Roosevelt either end lies before you. Houses, in between businesses, miles of metal buildings in bad repair, cars parked every direction, trash everywhere, no cohesiveness of any kind — just not a good visual.

Now picture popping through the twists coming into Vernal. On the right an overlook of fields on both sides of the road there are outcroppings of rock, sage brush and green fields. What a beautiful sight – a sight we must try and preserve.

The population of the world will double in the next 10 years. Please let our city planners and governing councils know we are counting on them to do all they can to keep Vernal (meaning green) to remain as much like it does now, particularly on the entrance and exit of the town.

Once that high density zoning passes you can not go back. It is out of our hands then. If this company decided not to go through with this plan, someone else can come in and put in car washes, cement plants, car lots and commercial metal buildings all along our beautiful Highway 40.

Don’t do this please.

Once that zoning passes you can not go back. It is out of our hands then.

Pamela Potts

Vernal