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UDOT details FY27 base budget, proposes tramway fee increases and seeks $20M for aeronautics hangar

2026 Utah Legislature - Executive Appropriations Committee (Transportation & Education subcommittee) · January 23, 2026
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Summary

UDOT briefed lawmakers on the FY27 base bill structure and capital funds, proposed fee increases primarily in the Tramway program, and requested $20 million from the aeronautics restricted account toward a $41.5 million Salt Lake hangar; the agency warned cutting broadband funding would jeopardize federal grant administration.

UDOT senior staff and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst outlined the department’s FY27 base budget, funding flows and a set of fee and reduction proposals during a joint subcommittee hearing.

Rachel Bowe, senior financial analyst with the Legislative Fiscal Analyst office, said UDOT’s main operating and capital funding sources in the base bill include designated sales tax (about $1.3 billion), the transportation fund (about $987 million) and federal funds (about $754.8 million); general‑fund support is comparatively small. Bowe…

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