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House approves bill letting UDOT use corridor fund for staff and extends planning horizon to 40 years
Summary
The House passed HB 44 to let the corridor preservation fund pay administrative staff and to extend the planning horizon from 30 to 40 years; supporters said it will reduce future eminent domain needs while opponents warned it could expand government reach. The bill passed the House 70–1 and will go to the Senate.
Representative Kristofferson introduced House Bill 44 to let the Utah Department of Transportation use the corridor preservation fund to pay employees and to expand the look-ahead window for corridor preservation from 30 to 40 years.
"And then it also expands the amount of time that they can look ahead from 30 years to 40 years," Representative Kristofferson said, describing the change as a tool to acquire right-of-way earlier and save…
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