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Legislators Urged To Fund Transit, Highway Needs

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Wilf Sommerkorn
20 August 2004 - 12:00pm

With population in the Salt Lake metro area expected to grow by an additional 1 million by 2030, build-out of the MPO's 2030 transportation plan is sorely needed.

Utah's economy will be "crippled" unless taxes are raised for transportation - and a 30-year plan for construction of new transit and highways is expedited."We cannot wait until 2030 to construct new transportation systems," says the President of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Full Story: Lawmakers talk of hike for transportation
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, August 19, 2004
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