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Council agrees to phase-in higher transportation utility fee; removes traffic‑signal funding from new TUF scope
Summary
Council approved a three‑year, phased increase to the Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) to boost maintenance funding toward a $4.0 million annual target. Members voted 6–0 to adopt the schedule but removed a proposed expansion of TUF-eligible uses that would have explicitly allowed TUF monies to pay for traffic signal replacements.
The Provo City Council voted on April 8 to advance a phased increase in the Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) aimed at raising annual maintenance funding to approximately $4.0 million. The measure was set to phase in over three years; staff said the increase would move TUF revenue from about $2.7 million today toward the target maintenance level.
Jimmy McKnight (Public Works presenter) framed the request as an effort to reduce the need to use other capital funds for routine maintenance, preserve pavement life through timely crack…
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