From Deseret News archives:
Senate committee OKs funds for Utah
About moving the rail projects along, Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, said, "As we face the price of gas at the pump and work toward conserving energy, it is important to provide residents with efficient and cost-saving alternative ways to get where they're going."
He is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which approved the Utah funding as it passed two separate bills for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. One bill is for energy and water projects, and the other is for the Department of Transportation.
The bills now go to the full Senate. However, in the House, all appropriations bills have stalled amid fights over oil and energy issues, and they may not move until after the November elections. Congress may depend on temporary bills to fund the government at current levels until after the election.
Bennett said Senate appropriators approved $81.6 million to begin preliminary design and environmental work on expanding the FrontRunner commuter rail.
The bill includes $10 million to begin construction on a 10-mile extension of Trax to the Daybreak area in South Jordan. It would travel from a current Trax station at 6400 South through Murray, Midvale and West Jordan.
It also includes $5 million to help pay for intermodal terminals, including helping to fund recent terminals on a Trax extension through the Gateway area in Salt Lake City to make it easier for commuters to transfer between FrontRunner and Trax. It also will help fund design and land purchase for intermodal hubs in West Valley City, Orem and Provo, Bennett said.
Among other Utah funding in the Senate version of the transportation bill is $2 million to expand state Route 191 between Moab and Crescent Junction from two lanes to four lanes, $500,000 to help Provo build a downtown parking structure and $400,000 to improve lighting and "streetscaping" on State and Main streets through South Salt Lake.
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