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Senate passes bill expanding local authority to close roads amid Rio Grande debates
Summary
Legislation allowing local highway authorities to temporarily close Class C roads and repurpose them for other public uses passed the Utah Senate after debate about whether closures should include an explicit time limit and concerns about displacement from Operation Rio Grande.
The Utah Senate passed a first substitute for House Bill 1002, which modifies municipal and local highway authority powers to temporarily close certain roads and allows designation of a closed road for another public use.
Senator Buxton, the sponsor, told the chamber the bill "modifies municipal authority... local highway authority may temporarily, close a [road]" and makes technical and…
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