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Regional Growth Committee approves Amendment 3 to 2023–2050 RTP; five board-level roadway projects advanced
Summary
The Regional Growth Committee approved five level-2 board modifications and accepted six level-1 staff modifications as part of Amendment 3 to the 2023–2050 Regional Transportation Plan. Level-2 approvals were unanimous at the RGC meeting; level-1 items will be finalized by WFRC executive staff.
The Regional Growth Committee on May 15 approved Amendment 3 to the adopted 2023–2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), advancing five board-level roadway projects into the first fiscal phase and accepting six staff-level modifications, officials said.
Julie Bjornstead, senior transportation planner with WFRC, described the amendment process and the 11 project requests included in Amendment 3: "We have 11 total projects, 6 are level 1 staff modifications, and 5 are level 2," she said. Level 1 projects — which did not require a public comment period — include the 2025 Wasatch Choice land-use layer and active-transportation and mobility-hub requests from local communities. WFRC staff said the level-1 changes will be approved administratively by the WFRC executive director after this meeting.
Level-2 projects: the five board modifications approved at the meeting are roadway projects that WFRC staff recommended move to needs phase 1 and fiscally constrained phase 1. Staff described them as: - South Frontage Road, West Valley City: new construction connecting Parkway Boulevard to Beagley (creates access to employment areas and a new link adjacent to Mountain View Corridor). - Widening of 6200 West (West Valley City): widen between SR-111 and Mountain View Corridor from three to five lanes (paired with a shared-use path). - 6700 West new construction (West Jordan): a new three-lane collector connecting 8600 South to Old Bingham Highway (middle section prioritized). - 21700 (?) West widening (Riverton): widening from two to five lanes between existing connectors, with potential active-transportation tie-ins (staff used the project label as presented in the packet). - 1200 West widening (Brigham City): widen from two to five lanes between Forest Street and Promontory Road to serve growth adjacent to I-15.
Public review and interagency checks: Bjornstead said staff coordinated with UDOT, UTA, FHWA and the Division of Air Quality through interagency consultation and confirmed fiscal-constraint and air-quality considerations. Technical advisory committees reviewed the projects and recommended approval to the RGC.
Committee debate and context: University of Utah planner Reid Ewing cautioned that road-widening projects can induce additional vehicle travel over time; he encouraged balancing roadway capacity additions with the Wasatch Choice emphasis on centers and transit. WFRC staff acknowledged the induced-demand literature and said the RTP process seeks a balance between roadway, transit and active-transportation projects.
Motion and vote: committee members moved and seconded approval of the level-2 board modifications during the meeting; chair calls and the motion carried with unanimous "ayes," recorded in the meeting transcript as the committee approving the five board-level changes. The level-1 projects will be approved administratively and recorded following the meeting.
Ending: WFRC staff said the amendment maintains the RTP's fiscal-constraint rigor and will be folded into ongoing RTP development work ahead of the 2027 update.
