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Senate approves bill to preserve 250 acres near state prison as mitigation open space
Summary
The Senate passed a substitute for SB 43 to designate roughly 250 acres bordering the Jordan River near the state prison as open space and allow mitigation-credit use; senators discussed wetland status, a Native American ruin and mitigation costs, then approved the bill 26–1 with two absent.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate on Feb. 18 passed the first substitute to Senate Bill 43, a measure to preserve about 250 acres of state-owned land adjacent to the state prison along the Jordan River as open space and to permit its use for mitigation credits for highway and other projects.
Sponsor Mont Evans outlined a map showing Riverbend Golf Course and the parcel in question. He said the property is largely wetlands and contains a Native American ruin that dates back an…
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