By the end of this year, Kennecott Land

By the end of this year, Kennecott Land Company expects to build the first 300 houses in Daybreak, a pedestrian-oriented community that the company had Calthorpe Associates plan on 4,216 acres in South Jordan, Utah, 21 miles southwest of downtown Salt Lake City. Kennecott Vice President Vicki Varela says the company anticipates that Daybreak will have nearly 14,000 homes and 30,000 residents within 15 to 20 years. Named because it is situated on the West Bench, which catches the Salt Lake area’s first morning sun, Daybreak also hopes to have a TRAX light-rail line. The question is how soon. Varela declined to confirm a Feb. 15 Deseret News report that Kennecott may offer the Utah Transit Authority a corridor for the commuter line for a token $1 as part of an effort to speed the line’s construction. Without some kind of corporate help, the line may not be built until about 2015. The Wasatch Front Regional Council, a body of elected officials that approves spending for transportation and transit projects in a three-county area, is seeking a half-cent sales tax increase to help get several rail projects completed by 2012.