Davis Tech Lays Out a 30-Year Growth Plan for Its Kaysville Campus — and Neighbors Want to Talk About Laurelwood Drive
Davis Technical College has grown an average of 24% a year for the last five years, and its Kaysville campus is running out of room. On Sept. 3, a college representative walked the Kaysville City Council through an updated campus master plan — a 30-year sketch that includes new buildings, a possible land purchase from the Davis School District, and a road connection the neighbors have strong opinions about.
How big Davis Tech has gotten
The college served 7,700 students in the fiscal year that ended June 30, making it the second-largest technical college in Utah. About 77% of its students are adults, and the average student is 25 years old. The state has invested roughly $27 million in the campus over the past three years, including a welding building that opened about nine months ago and is already near capacity. Three portable classrooms are being placed on campus in the coming weeks so evening apprenticeship classes do not have to turn students away.
The council was also told the college paid Kaysville just over $600,000 last year for shared utilities.
What is on the map
Master plan items presented to the council include buying the Canyon Heights building from the Davis School District — the college currently leases it through 2048 — widening the northwest campus entrance, demolishing and replacing an aging automation lab and grounds shed, removing a former seminary building on the north side, adding a facilities complex and a large trades building on the east side, and adding a pickleball court. A handful of small housing units appear in the southwest corner of the drawing; the college said they are a placeholder idea for lower-paid employees if Davis County housing costs keep climbing, not student housing.
Most of the east-side work has no funding behind it. The five-year priorities are the Canyon Heights purchase and the automation lab replacement.
The part neighbors care about
Traffic dominated the neighborhood meeting the college held before this presentation. Residents raised speeding on Laurelwood Drive — a school resource officer reportedly clocked a driver at 55 mph — and backups on Davis Tech Drive around 3 p.m. The plan shows a new Laurelwood Drive connection, and the college acknowledged it had moved the proposed location too far east; it wants to work with the city on a better spot, possibly with a four-way stop. A roundabout on 5th East was floated as another option. After hearing from neighbors, the college also expects to drop a proposed north-side student drop-off pullout, which residents called unnecessary.
What happens next
The master plan goes to the college’s board for approval on Sept. 24, 2026. Any road or intersection changes would still need to be worked out with Kaysville City. Meeting dates and details are set by the city and the college and can change — confirm on the official sites before attending.
Sources
Kaysville City Council meeting, Sept. 3, 2026 — record and video via OpenUtah. Agendas and minutes: Kaysville City. College information: Davis Technical College.
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