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Tooele Valley RPO advances needs-based phasing draft for 2027–2055
Summary
At its June 8 meeting the Tooele Valley RPO reviewed a needs-based phasing draft that assigns projects into three windows (2027–2036, 2037–2046, 2047–2055); staff will circulate a revised map for local review and apply fiscal constraints later this year.
Wayne Benyon of the Wasatch Front Regional Council presented a draft, needs-based phasing plan intended to prioritize transportation projects in the Tooele Valley from 2027 through 2055. He told the RPO the current exercise is to assign projects to three windows — phase 1 (2027–2036), phase 2 (2037–2046) and phase 3 (2047–2055) — and that funding realities will be applied at a later stage.
"I really want to emphasize that this is a needs based plan," Benyon said, adding that the plan’s initial cut used the RPO’s current project list with adjustments from a recent connectivity study. Participants questioned and adjusted color-coded phasing on the displayed map (red for near-term needs, blue for mid-term, yellow for longer term) and proposed several changes to reflect grant-funded work and local priorities. Ben Gray of UTA and UDOT staff reiterated that state routes will be evaluated from the statewide perspective and that local project lists will remain for local governments to manage.
Benyon said staff will prepare and circulate the revised phasing map in the next week or two and that the RPO follows a four-year update cycle, with interim amendments possible. The RPO scheduled a follow-up discussion for its Sept. 14, 2026 meeting and indicated it will begin adding conversation on bicycle and multiuse paths and transit.
