Over 200 people and more than two dozen representatives from the Utah Department of Transportation packed the Wasatch High School library for Thursday’s public hearing and open house. The hearing was one of the main opportunities for locals to share feedback with UDOT about its planned route for the Heber Valley corridor, commonly known as the bypass. It intends to build the highway through part of Wasatch County’s North Fields. That decision has caused heartache for many longtime locals, who call the farmland the “crown jewel” of the Heber Valley. “Please, please, please: let’s not sell our soul for 60 seconds.”Some residents proposed ideas like creating more public transit options in Wasatch County to alleviate traffic.