I honeslty don't think the liability of the obstacle had anything to do with it... especially the recent TTORA situation as the developer was already making plans long before that happened. IMHO this has very little to do with liability, land use, WAG's, etc... it has to do with SITLA selling their land and a developer looking to build a condo community on the property.
Just yesterday I received a letter from SITLA on other properties they will be auctioning off May 11th... a couple thousand acres in 20+ lots. At times property sells VERY cheap... We (Utah 4 Wheel Drive Association and our member clubs, ie. RR4W, Wasatch Cruisers, etc) try and monitor the upcoming auctions to make sure trails of "significant" value arn't comprimised... however we are all volunteers and finding time to actively track and recon these parcels is quite the feat.
