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Pack Creek footbridge may be replaced in spring after budget change

A footbridge connecting Kane Creek Boulevard to Main Street is a vital travel corridor for many Moab residents, but it has been below modern safety standards for decades. Major flooding

Council talks water conservation and property taxes: Notes from the June 22 Moab City Council meeting

Ranked-choice voting heads to Moab

Moab City will use a ranked choice voting ballot for city council elections later this year, the council voted unanimously on Tuesday, with help from the Utah County Elections Team as part of the Municipal Alternative Voting Methods Pilot Project. “One of the selling points is that ranked choice voting brings people together,” said Josh Daniels, chief deputy clerk auditor for Utah County, at a special meeting on April 20. “One of the theories is that rather than a campaign strategy rooted in burning down your opponent.you can have more collaborative campaigns,” said Daniels. The Utah County Elections Team is working to debut ranked choice voting in several cities and counties across the state.

So where do we go now? Moab City Council discusses noise mitigation possibilities

Moab City Attorney Laurie Simonson summarized steps the city has already taken toward mitigating street noise at a city council workshop on March 9: It has implemented a 15 mile-per-hour speed limit for off-highway vehicles like UTVs and ATVs on city streets, placed a moratorium on licenses for new UTV-related businesses, and placed a moratorium on on special event permits for ATV events. After the defeat of a proposed state law that would have allowed Moab to place a nighttime curfew on OHVs, the council discussed revising the city’s existing noise ordinance and approaches to enforcement and touched on coordinating on noise issues with other authorities like Grand County and the Bureau of Land Management.

A thirsty valley: City officials take a hard look at water resources nearing max