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Senate rejects bill to raise local road bid threshold after divided debate
Summary
Senate Bill 106, which would have raised the statutory bid limit for certain local road and public-works projects (amended from $150,000 to $135,000), failed on the Senate floor after senators split over emergency capacity and effects on private contractors. Final tally: 11–13, 5 absent.
Senate Bill 106 — a proposal to raise the statutory bid threshold for some local road and infrastructure projects — failed on the Utah Senate floor Jan. 23 after extended debate.
Sponsor Senator Holmgren described the measure as a response to construction-cost inflation since the limit was last set in 1991 and said the increase would give counties and cities flexibility to address maintenance and emergency repairs without…
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