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COG subcommittee recommends funding Mormon Trail completion, COG studies; members approve committee recommendations
Summary
A Tooele County subcommittee recommended allocating $1.65 million to finish Mormon Trail (matching a $5 million federal grant), approved funding for two Council of Governments (COG) planning requests, and proposed corridor-preservation funding recommendations; the full COG approved the subcommittee’srecommendations by voice vote.
Council of Governments members on Aug. 21 voted to approve a subcommittee’s funding recommendations for third-quarter sales-tax and corridor-preservation priorities, including a $1.65 million allocation to finish the Mormon Trail project and funding to support two regional planning requests submitted by the Council of Governments (COG).
Council member leading the subcommittee presented the recommended awards and scoring results. The subcommittee recommended awarding Tooele County the full $1.65 million requested to complete Mormon Trail work and match a previously announced $5 million federal grant. The same subcommittee recommended funding both COG planning requests, which include a countywide pavement assessment and a utilities/impact-fee study, and recommended awards to several corridor-preservation applicants. The subcommittee presentation said the full set of third-quarter requests totaled approximately…
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