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Committee advances $1.7 million appropriation for South Jordan road project from first-class highway fund
Summary
House Bill 502 would appropriate a one-time $1.7 million from the County of the First Class Highway Project Fund to build the first phase of a connector road in South Jordan; the sponsor said the project is on the UDOT list and supports regional connectivity.
Representative Tuscher presented House Bill 502 and distributed a project flyer. He said the bill requests a one-time $1,700,000 appropriation from the County of the First Class Highway Project Fund to construct phase 1 of a connector road in South Jordan that would link Crimson View Drive to a future Bingham Rim corridor and ultimately improve north-south connectivity west of Mountain View Corridor.
Tuscher described the fund’s origin (a 2001 legislative creation that earmarks portions of certain sales-and-use-tax revenues for county highway projects), and said the legislature annually allocates remaining balances. He told the committee the project appears on the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and Wasatch Front Regional Council priority lists as a regional connector.
Ryan Lewis, South Jordan city attorney, and a South Jordan official (Ryan Luce referenced by Tuscher) described the project’s role in relieving Mountain View Corridor traffic and connecting Daybreak and surrounding developments to West Jordan and Herriman. Lewis described the corridor as a planned collector route with residential build-out (roughly 800–1,000 homes in nearby planned developments) and industrial/job centers near the northern boundary (data center and Freeport West), saying the road would also serve commercial and industrial traffic.
Committee members asked about prioritization and whether the legislature is the appropriate forum to allocate this county-designated fund; Tuscher said the legislature ultimately decides and that project lists from UDOT and regional partners inform prioritization. Representative Ivory moved to pass the bill out favorably; the committee voted by voice and the chair ruled the motion carried unanimously.
