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Senate approves design‑build procurement for I‑15 and advances Centennial Highway fund proposal
Summary
Under a committee‑of‑the‑whole, UDOT director Tom Warren told senators design‑build contracting can shorten the I‑15 reconstruction from 2004 to 2001. The Senate, after questions about funding and statewide impacts, passed HB 453 under suspension of rules and referred it back to the House.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 27 took up House Bill 453, a procurement code amendment to permit design‑build contracting for large highway projects, and companion House Bill 458 proposing the Centennial Highway Fund to provide dedicated funding for a major I‑15 reconstruction.
Senator Holmgren led a committee of the whole and called Tom Warren, director of the Utah Department of Transportation, to explain the proposal. Warren told the chamber the legislation ‘‘provides the opportunity for the Department of Transportation to use a process known as…
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