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Senate committee advances substitute to SB 242 after hours of Salt Lake City testimony
Summary
The Senate Transportation committee passed first substitute SB 242, a package of transportation amendments that creates a UDOT–Salt Lake City implementation framework, clarifies lane-width and tiered-road rules, and preserves county transit quarter funds; the session drew extensive public comment about safety and local control.
Senate Transportation Committee Chair Senator Harper moved and the committee advanced first substitute Senate Bill 242 on a 4–2 vote after roughly two hours of public comment and questions from members.
The substitute bill, the sponsor said, bundles a dozen-plus changes into a single framework the state and Salt Lake City can use on a set of regionally significant roads. "This bill establishes the framework," Senator Harper told the committee, saying the substitute clarifies tiered road management, updates lane-width language (reducing a 12-foot reference to 11 feet in one place), preserves Salt Lake City's authority over parking, and requires that a 0.1 portion of a county's added quarter-cent transit levy stay in the county for transit use.
Why it matters: the substitute is pitched as a compromise to create consistent…
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