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Committee backs RTP Amendment 4—to accelerate Legacy Parkway and I‑15 widening; public comment opposes Legacy expansion
Summary
Regional Growth Committee recommended that the full council approve Amendment 4 to the 2023–2050 Regional Transportation Plan, which accelerates Legacy Parkway widening and a segment of I‑15 in Box Elder County; a public commenter urged alternatives focused on transit improvements.
The Regional Growth Committee voted Oct. 16 to recommend that the Wasatch Front Regional Council approve draft Amendment 4 to the 2023–2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and the associated air-quality memorandum 43. The amendment, requested by UDOT, would accelerate several highway projects into the fiscally constrained phase 1 of the RTP, including (1) adding a travel lane in each direction on Legacy Parkway in Davis County and (2) combining planned passing lanes and a later widening on a segment of I‑15 in Box Elder County into a single accelerated widening project.
WFRC staff said the Legacy Parkway work would remain inside the existing roadway footprint by widening into the median and that UDOT expects benefits including improved traffic management during the planned I‑15 reconstruction, a shorter I‑15 construction window (UDOT estimated…
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