Bountiful agrees to join regional active‑transportation corridor study, pledges about $7,500 match

Mayor (unnamed) asked the council for direction on May 27 about joining a multi‑city study funded by the Wasatch Front Regional Council to identify an active‑transportation corridor linking North Salt Lake, Farmington, Centerville and Bountiful.

The city manager reported that North Salt Lake had received a regional grant (discussed in the meeting as roughly $135,000) to study corridor options and that participating communities were being asked to provide a local match; the city manager said Bountiful’s share would be about $7,500 and that the combined local match for four cities would be about $30,000. The work would produce corridor options (striped lanes, separated lanes or other designs) and the exact scope would be set by the participating cities and a hired consultant.

Council members said they supported participating so long as the scope is focused and the consultant is directed by a multi‑city steering committee rather than allowed to generate a broad, costly study. “Let’s do, not just talk,” one council member said, stressing a preference for limited options that cities can evaluate and implement. Council members also emphasized the Wasatch Front Regional Council’s role as funder rather than implementing consultant and asked that the steering committee select a consultant familiar with local conditions.

City staff said a steering committee of participating cities will be involved in consultant selection and that the project manager will seek high‑level corridor targets from each city before the consultant evaluates pros and cons.

Why it matters: the study could identify safe, connected walking and bicycling corridors between neighboring cities; the local match is modest but would commit staff time to a coordinated planning process. Council members asked staff to limit scope to a few candidate corridors, require a collaborative consultant selection and prioritize implementation-ready recommendations.

Council discussion concluded with direction to participate and to work with North Salt Lake, Farmington and Centerville on a steering committee to set scope and select a consultant; no formal vote was recorded.