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Transportation subcommittee proposes $252.6 million in one-time capital priorities, reallocations from prison savings
Summary
The appropriations subcommittee on transportation and infrastructure reported prioritizing 17 one-time requests totaling $252.6 million, reallocating savings from a prison project, and recommending intent language for Olympic venues and airport EV charging funding.
Co-chairs Senator Ben Ipsen and Representatives Weltner and Owens reported the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee’s capital and funding recommendations to the Executive Appropriations Committee.
The subcommittee said it met seven times to review ongoing and one-time general fund requests for the Department of Transportation, higher education capital needs and other agencies. The report lists a $14 million reduction reallocated from prison project savings and reallocated ongoing reductions totaling $6.6 million, which the subcommittee applied to prioritized requests.
The subcommittee prioritized 17 one-time capital requests totaling $252,600,000. Items the co-chairs highlighted included $18,700,000 for the Department of Public Safety’s Central Evidence Warehouse, $11,300,000 for the Camp Williams Southgate access, approximately $65,400,000 for a Dixie Technical Trades and Technology Building, $27,400,000 for the Utah State University Math, Data and Analytics Center, and $18,500,000 for the Fourth Street Clinic.
They also reported budget adjustments reallocating funds across capital accounts, including transfers from higher-education capital projects to specific projects and county highway projects to local sidewalk and wall construction. The subcommittee said it passed intent language to allow the Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) to pass through $7,300,000 from the Olympic and Paralympic Venues GRAMA Fund to Weber County, Provo City and West Valley City, and it recommended allowing all public airports to apply for electric charging station funding beginning fiscal year 2026.
The co-chairs framed the report as recommendations the subcommittee will forward to the full Executive Appropriations Committee for consideration; the committee did not record immediate EAC action on the report during the presentation.
Why it matters: The prioritized projects include transportation, public-safety infrastructure and higher-education capital investments that could shift project timelines and local planning if funded.
