In 2004, Jerry Grover was the lone commissioner to vote in favor of putting the quarter-cent sales tax on the ballot. All revenue from that tax would have gone into roads, which Grover says he believes is the more pressing need.

Darrell Cook, MAG's executive director, presented to commissioners a list of road projects in Utah County slated to be funded through state and federal sources over the next four years.

Those projects total more than $315 million. Add to that the $60 million portion for roads from the proposed quarter-cent sales tax and "that's a significant commitment to the road side of the equation," Cook said.

MAG has designated two road-widening projects to be funded with that $60 million — the north-south route connecting U-92 in Highland to U.S. 89 (State Street) in Pleasant Grove; and 400 South in Springville between the railroad bridge Main Street.

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