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Christopher Chestnut, UDOT Transit Division program manager, said state legislation (House Bill 322) assigned UDOT roles overseeing capital transit projects; recent statutory language removed a prior limiting phrase and expanded UDOT’s involvement in delivery. He described the nomination and prioritization process: projects listed in phase‑1 of long‑range plans are automatically entered into UDOT’s prioritization; other projects can be nominated by local governments or transit operators for ranking by the Transportation Commission using the quality‑of‑life framework (better mobility, good health, connected communities, strong economy).

Chestnut said the transit division has funded 12 completed projects since 2019 and has roughly 40 active projects in the pipeline, representing about $477 million in project value. He told TAC members the TTF fund currently has roughly $120–125 million available for programming and that UDOT will work with jurisdictions on agreements that define roles, costs and schedules once projects are funded.

Chestnut described the division’s project team and urged cities and transit agencies to coordinate with regional planning staff (for example, Ryan Halverson) to nominate projects. He said TTF/TTIF has funded a range of projects statewide, from small bus‑stop and sidewalk projects to multi‑million‑dollar BRT and streetcar investments.

Sources: Presentation by Christopher Chestnut, UDOT Transit Division, and Q&A during the Regional Growth TAC meeting (see provenance).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Regional Growth Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Ogden-Layton | April 16, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","UDOT staff described the Transit Transportation Investment Fund (TTF/TTIF), eligibility rules tied to the long‑range plan, the commission prioritization process, and current program capacity; staff encouraged jurisdictions and transit operators to nominate projects for funding consideration.","taxTitle","Regional Growth Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Ogden-Layton, Wasatch Front Regional Council, Utah Lobbyist / NGO, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah","taxId",77376,"location","Utah","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6598364,"WFRC unveils Utah Bikeways map and updates to generalized future land‑use layer",930,2811000,3741000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909&start=2811&end=3741","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909/thumbnail_2811000.jpg","/articles/6598364/Utah/WFRC-unveils-Utah-Bikeways-map-and-updates-to-generalized-future-landuse-layer","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598364-23a9b87d348a4dd31f94e1979c362bc6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770756896&Signature=Jjden3l5p0AU2hlPcdvHYIss2jAuR8s1a5XNGICU5quSItODR9dRsRcKbGxsydmcSSKaWY1O-U~-xDFc1GS6TICBFgptDK4tntZ8cFxLrOi~wkHKwUqMPEOk2iOxCEwDco~ygNHHvUT1NLXqAnRN3gJeKBbVysZrqmSmcdzK2zKoxwt39-KJiabM4uMFa08j~zH8WCCmv5OQQNRUOGgzoUyBnfNnk7dPC6NS7Awx5EUr6SB1dFtNYNGCMy4Y6qLfA1Qik0pVZctkR7dBPFM46BqOwzA78Cf0Q2Tv4F2us2fIdkxGFrYX-Q8VB3tSzdGF4zT5QYNWDZpUJ0Fg5pIPIQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","WFRC staff previewed a new Utah Bikeways web app designed to display up‑to‑date on‑street bike facilities and trails, collect crowd‑sourced corrections from users, and provide a download for jurisdictions and analysts. The presentation also described a generalized future land‑use (GFLU) GIS layer compiled from municipal general plans and zoning to support household and job forecasting for the next RTP cycle.

Bert Gramberg (WFRC) said the bikeways app will be mobile‑first and include two main viewing modes: a detailed route‑type view (classifying on‑street facilities and trails) and a traffic‑stress view that approximates comfort levels using lane, speed and volume data. The app will include a feedback tool so agencies or the public can report new facilities or corrections; staff said they aim to release the site to coincide with bike‑month next month. \"We built this new app called bikeways.utah.gov,\" Gramberg said, adding that the goal is near‑real‑time updates and an authoritative public map derived from city and MPO input.

On land use, staff described the GFLU product — a standardized, regional GIS layer that collapses hundreds of local plan and zoning codes into consistent categories (residential, employment, centers, open space, etc.) and captures dwelling units per acre where available. WFRC will publish the GFLU on its open data site and use it to produce preliminary household and job forecasts for TAC review in early fall.

Staff asked jurisdictions to provide confirmations or suggested edits to the Wasatch Choice land‑use viewer by a near-term deadline (staff had requested unified community responses by April 18 in the presentation) and said they will perform periodic regional updates tied to new aerial photography and an annual winter outreach to jurisdictions to solicit changes.

Sources: Presentation and Q&A during the Regional Growth TAC meeting (see provenance).","WFRC staff previewed a mobile‑first Utah Bikeways web app for mapping on‑street and trail bike infrastructure and described updates to the generalized future land‑use (GFLU) layer used in regional forecasts.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6598369,"WFRC awards 13 TLC planning grants, nearly $2 million in project budgets for 2025",559,2185000,2744000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909&start=2185&end=2744","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909/thumbnail_2185000.jpg","/articles/6598369/Utah/WFRC-awards-13-TLC-planning-grants-nearly-2-million-in-project-budgets-for-2025","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598369-53ad4e9a5d7b3ba0293bf22ce3e4bd8d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770756896&Signature=JqPdDw2UNc7ibvoKa5q5s~y2tvSbFjv7-C5gce1~qbGXS1WDQNNkMFQaijvsVDHU3eiercnmCC6TkxnkDJLZH1iDlx3c5Y8e96s6V0QN-23KGqpmBe23KYxvgTs1vtChUeHDHkyMqXvHFbZGZZzXx-Fz7XbDd4CQjm1Xl~51vTUHLSQC7oIrryVbL-GFQ6DUQYOdbGQh0I7Ktv6hPbFNu5yL8KgY~THF6qE1dcVvB4t56AAWfnKVnvj8jN-s3YFHyR6zEr6hVEK72Sk3qXwH-FOVuL0Vi4VGVcXnZ226UYyHgVMh8HTXNinwZUBZCRvXcVFX5TNudNA~0Bsv0XqFtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","WFRC announced the 2025 recipients of its Transportation and Land Use Connection (TLC) technical‑assistance program, awarding 13 projects that will receive planning and technical support for land‑use, active‑transportation and station-area planning.

Matt Ryan, community planner with WFRC, said this year’s competition was unusually competitive: 26 applications requested about $4.2 million in funding while the program awarded 13 projects with a combined project budget near $2.0 million (approximately $1.5 million in TLC partner funding and about $415,000 in local match). \"We had the most applications, I believe, ever this year,\" Ryan said, noting program partners include UDOT, UTA, Salt Lake County regional development and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget.

Selected projects include small‑area and center plans (e.g., Murray Oakwood Village Center; Riverdale Streamtown master plan; South Ogden City Center master plan), citywide plan and ordinance updates (including ADA and sidewalk/connectivity work in Mill Creek and a Uinta general plan WFRC will support in‑house), and contextual transportation studies such as the Kearns 5400 South corridor study, a South Davis Greenway feasibility study, and a transportation master plan for the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District.

Ryan said the TLC program has funded 167 projects since 2014 and supports a range of deliverables from design standards and ordinances to implementation strategies and feasibility analyses. An interactive map of past and current TLC projects is available on WFRC’s website and includes project documents, cost breakdowns and project status details.

Sources: Presentation by Matt Ryan during the Regional Growth TAC meeting (see provenance).","WFRC announced 13 Transportation and Land Use Connection (TLC) awards for 2025 covering small‑area plans, citywide code updates and contextual transportation studies across the region; applicants requested roughly $4.2 million and the program awarded about $1.5 million in partner funding plus local matches.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6598374,"RTP Amendment No. 3: WFRC presents 11 project updates; TAC recommends level‑2 roadway modifications to RGC",1079,1104000,2183000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909&start=1104&end=2183","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909/thumbnail_1104000.jpg","/articles/6598374/Utah/RTP-Amendment-No-3-WFRC-presents-11-project-updates-TAC-recommends-level2-roadway-modifications-to-RGC","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598374-58e63895f7a71f92db400d589100b0bb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770756896&Signature=DaUhisrjlXI5wKhchpI0IuSSDUMSSu7CYF2UMGnoiDtIWzpesj4hF8NhpGBjSF9C6M3abfc6bneheckORXfPpRsz2yHVqYgy06hmvTL4k9hriJp4sngtzct7gxNRI8-W9aVCRuZRqq~iORHKcy47ExED85gIR4rELLks5fPNl4BaPN799Xl-Z1z8lPXZmUcLGf8cl3Ga7uY7t0FGVzWkzXC1nfdVDvMhq20e845Hk7WMok~l1udmYtxOEA-8x0EiDrCgNDL1n4DYFISxCRI9SrzaUSg-wJKVQ-nkBckMC~~kxylvH6BkCVFxK-LT1HGVoQ42k363zruKjlAsJtYvng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","WFRC staff presented Amendment No. 3 to the 2023–2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), summarizing eleven proposed project updates across the region and asking the Regional Growth Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to recommend the level‑2 roadway modifications for RGC consideration.

Jory Johnner, WFRC director of planning, told the TAC the RTP is fiscally constrained and updated on a four‑year cycle; periodic amendments account for changes in funding, local needs and study outcomes. He said Amendment No. 3 includes six level‑1 updates (ownership, operational and land‑use updates and active transportation projects) and five level‑2 board modifications (collector/minor arterial roadway projects and non‑fixed guideway transit projects), and that level‑2 requests require TAC review and RGC action.

Tim Watkins described individual projects in the amendment, including: a regional land use update to the Wasatch Choice vision; active‑transportation projects in West Valley City (4000 West bike lane; 6200 South side path), West Jordan (1300 West buffered bike lane), and two mobility hubs adjacent to existing or proposed transit stops at the University of Utah and along the Davis–Salt Lake Connector. Level‑2 roadway projects proposed for Salt Lake and Box Elder counties included new construction and widening projects such as South Frontage Road to Mountain View Corridor (West Valley), 6700 South (West Jordan), 2700 West widening (matching a new interchange), and Brigham City's 1200 North widening.

David Peterson, city planner, Farmington, moved that the TAC recommend the level‑2 board modifications for Amendment No. 3 be forwarded to the Regional Growth Committee. The motion was seconded and, after calling for any discussion, the chair called for silence as assent; the motion was approved on a voice vote. No roll‑call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.

Johnner said level‑1 projects will be reported to RGC on May 15 and the amendment process will continue with interagency review, fiscal-constraint checks and required public‑comment and air‑quality conformity steps for any full amendments.

Sources: WFRC staff presentation and the TAC motion and voice vote during the meeting (see provenance).","WFRC staff reviewed Amendment No. 3 to the 2023–2050 Regional Transportation Plan, which includes 11 projects (six level‑1 and five level‑2). The Regional Growth TAC voted to recommend the level‑2 board modifications to the Regional Growth Committee (RGC).",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6598379,"WFRC staff outline regional connectivity grid study, ask local feedback on draft connections",621,497000,1118000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909&start=497&end=1118","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3042663-daec6b80ef26df157c678b2e62413909/thumbnail_497000.jpg","/articles/6598379/Utah/WFRC-staff-outline-regional-connectivity-grid-study-ask-local-feedback-on-draft-connections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598379-0dfb81f7761891d4eee022e743fd98c6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770756896&Signature=QC2c8Xc8ipP8059rExAFJ~3hBGzK~EYD~sHqXw3m-p0xrWGUsA9p9fuoOj~3XAhws8piLTgaJbzp9rKGrCGM~KkQsc5kBBR05ifn-O3JHZvF44ooe4qwAi5LDRluANE1Nd7VnU6~6a9o0hl07wAXC~XmjpaNdK4k8h4hJgG2E9VA4o4F-J2BYt2hVOIbvPadQVE~yu31cq1hpzW2Ai-T62GMp6adq2ox9aK7GyV4xY-4aud-2ilBZBx5YNDUHEkCAL5q2lY0Qp4t~jBlZAkDXesfdH717c3ESJ9odam~750LCWpKrpU5UjvvDspsTZiucvvXTWwRTbBD4ccyn8Ef~g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) presented an update on a state-funded regional connectivity grid study and asked local planners to review and comment on draft project concepts intended to improve roadway, transit and active-transportation connectivity across the region.

WFRC staff said the study — funded through state legislative grants and coordinated across the four MPOs, UDOT and transit agencies — is developing candidate connections that could be advanced into the regional transportation plan (RTP) and future project prioritization processes. \"We want to identify places where the existing grid could be enhanced and how that could benefit both vehicular travel and transit and active transportation,\" said Tim Watkins, community planner, during the presentation.

The study team described three main workstreams: (1) assessing current grid performance using travel-modeling and geospatial analyses; (2) generating potential connections (described as A‑to‑B concepts rather than final alignments); and (3) screening and prioritizing those concepts with cost, ownership and funding guidance so communities and agencies can move the higher-ranked projects into RTP and TIP processes. Watkins said the team has produced a preliminary project list and sought detailed local input to reveal fatal flaws, missing prior studies, and possible refinements.

WFRC staff emphasized that the study is not committing the region to construction but producing candidates for future prioritization: projects that score well and are feasible would become candidates for WFRC and other MPO RTP processes. \"Some of these projects may be a little bit spicy, maybe a little bit challenging,\" Watkins said, adding the legislative mandate calls for identifying options beyond just “low-hanging fruit.”

Staff said they will send a web map and comment links to TAC members and requested community responses about local context, prior work, and any major concerns. Following local feedback, the study will screen concepts with the regional travel model, produce a ranked list, and prepare project sheets and cost/ownership guidance for the region and local agencies.

Next steps: WFRC will email the web map and comment tool to TAC members within days and schedule additional outreach later in the year as the team refines and ranks concepts.

Sources: Presentation and Q&A during the Regional Growth TAC meeting (see provenance).","Staff described a state-funded study to identify prioritized “a‑to‑b” roadway connections across the Wasatch Front, requested local review of draft concepts and said promising projects will be screened for inclusion in future RTP updates.","actionData","errors"]

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