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House approves measure protecting local aggregate resources after heated debate

Utah House of Representatives · February 28, 2019
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Summary

House Bill 288, a bill to create protections for critical infrastructure materials and to limit the loss of local aggregate sources, passed the House 51-20 after floor debate over local control, economic impacts and protections for residents near gravel pits.

The Utah House on Feb. 28 passed second substitute House Bill 288, which sponsors described as protecting local critical-infrastructure materials (gravel and aggregate) to support construction and control costs. Representative Wilde, the sponsor, said moving aggregate away from local sources would sharply increase…

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