PLT REPOSITIONING ACFT AT SLC RECEIVED DISPUTED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM GC RESULTING IN MAXIMUM BRAKING EVENT TO AVOID BARRIERS ACROSS TXWY.

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I CALLED FOR TAXI TO REPOSITION TO THE N CARGO AS A FLT OF TWO; CALL SIGN ACR X1. I WAS TOLD TO TAXI N ON TXWY K; CROSS RWY 17 AT K7; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 16L AT TXWY S. I READ BACK THE SAME AND WAS TOLD AGAIN TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 16L ON TXWY S; SO I READ IT BACK AGAIN. I PAID EXTRA ATTN THAT I WAS TOLD TO CROSS AT K7 BECAUSE THEY TOLD THE FLT AHEAD OF US; ACR X2; MULTIPLE TIMES TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND CROSS AT K9. AS I WAS APCHING K7; I STARTED SLOWING TO MAKE THE TURN AND SAW A FLICKER IN THE AREA OF K7 BUT IT DIDN'T REGISTER WITH ME AS BEING ANYTHING. AS SOON AS I STARTED TURNING INTO K7 MY LIGHTS LIT UP THE ORANGE BARRIERS ACROSS K7. USING MAX BRAKING AND FULL REVERSE I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE BARRIERS. I WAS EXTREMELY UPSET AND CALLED GND TO SAY THAT K7 IS CLOSED. THEY SAID I HAD BEEN TOLD TO USE K9; WHICH WAS UNTRUE; AND TO CROSS THERE. IT WAS VERIFIED BY ACR X3; THE OTHER ACFT IN MY FLT THAT WE WERE TOLD TO CROSS AT K7; NOT K9. THE BARRIERS WERE UNLIT. THEY HAD REFLECTORS ON THEM; BUT NO LIGHTS. THE CURRENT ATIS HAD NO MENTION OF ANY TXWY CLOSURES. IT ONLY SAID THAT RWYS 13; 16R; AND 17 WERE CLOSED. THERE WAS NO REASON TO THINK K7 WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF SOMETHING WITH THE RWY; BECAUSE RWY 17 HAS BEEN CLOSED AT NIGHT DUE TO LIGHTING FOR QUITE A WHILE. THE SAME CTLR COULD BE HEARD CTLING CLRNC DELIVERY; E GND; W GND; AND 16L TWR. THIS IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THE HORRIBLE GND CTL SVCS PROVIDED BY SLC GND.