Provo mayor outlines infrastructure, safety and economic priorities at neighborhood night

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Mayor Michelle Kaufusi used Provo’s Neighborhood Night to highlight a new wastewater treatment plant, a taxpayer-free downtown fire station, an effort to land a grocery on the city’s West Side, a new city website and app, and infrastructure needs including aging water pipes and proposed water-rate increases.

Mayor Michelle Kaufusi gave a broad update on Provo City projects and priorities at a Neighborhood Night event, saying the administration has pursued grants and partnerships rather than local tax increases to pay for major work and promising continued attention to sewer, water and public-safety projects.

Kaufusi said the city has focused on four “Provo pillars” — welcoming, safe and sound, economically vibrant and forward looking — and credited department directors and outside grants for a recent jump in committed funding. “I will not [recommend] a tax increase,” Kaufusi said, adding that the city’s strategy is to pursue grant dollars and partnerships for large projects.

The mayor’s report led with the city’s wastewater and water projects. Public Works Director Gordon Haight told attendees Provo’s new wastewater treatment facility is expected to come online this spring and “will be significantly reducing phosphorus.” Haight said the city is responding to new phosphorus-removal requirements that affect discharges to Utah Lake and that Provo will not be adding to the…

Provo mayor outlines infrastructure, safety and economic priorities at neighborhood night

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