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Senate approves bill authorizing UDOT to consider toll roads; amendment adopted

Utah State Senate · March 3, 1997
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Summary

The Senate adopted an amendment to House Bill 266 and passed legislation authorizing the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to establish tollways and lanes subject to legislative oversight; floor debate emphasized legal and policy questions about authorizing tolls as a tool to address a multi-billion-dollar road backlog.

Senators debated House Bill 266 on March 3, which would provide the Utah Department of Transportation and the Transportation Commission authority to establish, operate or approve tollways on state highways. Senator Wadham offered and explained an amendment designed to address earlier appropriations concerns and to clarify that the authority…

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