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Utah County mayors lobby for road funds

Anonymous | 8:45 a.m. April 1, 2008

I can just hear the lobbying right now, "Mr. Congressman, we bought cheap property because there was limited access to it. Now, there is congestion and we want you to bail us out and increase our property values by improving our access. Please, Please, Please."

The U.S. Government is not in the business of subsidizing middle-income housing, which is exactly what this would do.

Those who created the problem should pay for the problem, NOT the U.S. Government or the citizens of the state of Utah.

SL Dude | 2:13 p.m. April 1, 2008

These cities don't realize the federal money they are going after usually takes money away from the state's allocation. Any federal money give out has state oversight anyway, so by trying the "end around" approach really winds up penalizing the state.

Here's another idea: Set aside specific corridors, get those on MAG's long-range plan and then set city money aside to help pay for those corridors. That would be common sense and just maybe the Legislature would be more willing to kick-in additional funding.

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