From Deseret News archives:
New transportation law may benefit airport light-rail cause
At a City Council meeting Thursday, Utah Transit Authority general manager John Inglish called the airport route "a critical regional line."
"This is a high priority for all of us," he told the council.
Even so, an extension of the TRAX light-rail line to the airport is in competition for top-priority billing with a number of other projects, including a line through the southwestern part of the Salt Lake Valley to South Jordan's Daybreak community and a line to West Valley City's downtown.
In a special session this week, the state Legislature gave Utah counties the authority to ask residents to vote on a quarter-cent sales-tax hike for transportation improvements in their counties.
A quarter of that money would have to go to preserving corridors for future roadways likely the Mountain View Corridor in Salt Lake County but the rest could be used for transit projects as prioritized by the Salt Lake County Council of Governments.
"All of them bring people to Salt Lake City. I think we want all of them," he said.
And Inglish said an airport line would benefit Utahns statewide, not just Salt Lake City residents and out-of-town travelers.
"It's as important to the folks in Logan that there be access to the airport as it is to folks on the Wasatch Front," he said. "This is not about tourism. This is about 13,000 to 15,000 people who work at the airport, and it's about a huge parking lot filled with cars, most of which are not from out of town."
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