Far West reviews transportation utility fee study as council weighs road funding options

Zach, an engineer with Jones and Associates who also serves as city engineer for Fruit Heights, presented a Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) study to the Far West City Council during a Feb. 6 work session, laying out options for a per-property fee to fund street maintenance.

The study found the city’s current annual street funding — roughly $382,000 from Class C and state gas-tax sources, according to the presentation — does not cover the work needed to maintain the citywide pavement remaining service life (RSL). Zach said a citywide average RSL has declined since the 2020 condition survey and that delaying preservation work increases repair costs.

Zach said the study used an equivalent residential unit (ERU) methodology and industry trip-generation data (ITE) to assign relative fees across residential, commercial and other…