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Regional Growth Committee recommends certification of station-area plans for six cities
Summary
The Wasatch Front Regional Council committee recommended certification to the full council for station-area plans, resolutions of impracticability and prior actions from Murray, Riverton, Draper, South Salt Lake, West Valley City and Woods Cross covering 14 station areas.
The Wasatch Front Regional Council’s Regional Growth Committee voted unanimously on Oct. 16 to recommend that the full council certify station-area plans, resolutions of prior action and resolutions of impracticability submitted by six cities: Murray, Riverton, Draper, South Salt Lake, West Valley City and Woods Cross. The committee’s recommendation covers 14 individual station areas.
Committee members and city representatives said the certified plans will help guide future housing and infrastructure investment around rail and bus rapid transit stations. Byron Head, Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) staff, told the committee that station-area plans are intended to focus growth near transit and emphasized the program’s implementation requirement, including a five-year implementation plan for each certified station area.
City planners and elected officials described constraints and design responses for specific station…
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