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WFRC awards $1.78 million in TLC grants to 15 local planning projects
Summary
WFRC announced 15 Transportation & Land Use Connection (TLC) awards totaling $1,780,000 in project funds (plus $300,000 local match). Projects include small‑area plans, transportation master plans, trail studies and zoning work in Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Tooele counties.
Meg Pageant, WFRC community and economic development director, announced the 2026 Transportation & Land Use Connection (TLC) awards: 15 projects across the region receiving $1,780,000 in project funds, supplemented by roughly $300,000 in local match.
Meg described TLC as a planning and technical assistance program (a partnership with UDOT and UTA) that funds planning, ordinance work, design and implementation strategies that connect land use and transportation. “This is kind of our core program,” she said, and noted that most communities in the WFRC region have received TLC assistance over the years.
Salt Lake County awards include Copperton small‑area plans, Draper transportation master plan, Holiday citywide zoning ordinance and Northwest commercial district work, Magna corridor and lifestyle center planning, a Midvale land‑use amendment to be done in‑house by WFRC staff, a Mill Creek Parleys Trail feasibility study, an Alta general plan update, and other neighborhood master plans. Davis and Weber County projects include a Davis County regional trails wayfinding signage plan, a Far West general plan in Ogden, and a 5‑Points area master plan in Ogden. Tooele County awards include Grantsville and Rush Valley general plan work; other awards support Pleasant View, West Haven and the new Ogden Valley city.
On funding sources, staff said TLC uses a mix of federal surface transportation planning dollars, contributions from UDOT and UTA and local match from applicant cities. Meg emphasized that the program supports locally requested technical assistance rather than imposing solutions: “We never come in and say, here’s what you should do,” she told the committee.
Next steps: detailed project descriptions, funding amounts and a project map will be posted online and shared with applicants and committee members; staff invited interested jurisdictions to contact WFRC for follow‑up coordination.
