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MAG briefs Highland council on regional plan, funding limits and North County projects
Summary
MAG officials described the regional transportation plan to 2055, the TIP funding process and project prioritization, and said North County Boulevard modifications are 'on the bubble' for funding; council members pressed about transit and corridor preservation.
Representatives from the Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG) told the Highland City Council how regional transportation decisions are made and what projects the region is prioritizing.
Lenise Davenport, MAG planning director, and Bob Allen, MAG transportation program manager, explained that MAG compiles local plans into a regional transportation plan (RTP) through 2055 and a five-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that programs funded projects. Allen said the RTP is a planning document that does not itself allocate construction dollars, and the TIP is the program that represents currently-funded projects.
On North County Boulevard specifically, MAG staff said Highland’s application is competitive and "on the bubble" for funding, meaning the board may or may not include it in the funded list depending on final scoring and available funds. They also summarized corridor-preservation programs funded largely by vehicle-registration surcharges and noted that available preservation funds are limited (roughly $5.5 million per year regionwide for corridor preservation).
Council members pressed MAG on transit options for Northwest Utah County and whether rail, freeway conversions, or mobility-zone transit pilots would relieve congestion. MAG officials said rail and big transit investments can be effective but are costly and that several major state and regional investments are planned; they described planning/feasibility work including a possible lake crossing study.
MAG offered follow-up resources and committed to working with Highland staff on project details and funding applications.
