The board was told that findings from that ongoing Point of the Mountain study will also help with the new study about the future of other TRAX and streetcar projects - and how each may affect the others, and connecting bus service.
The UTA board last year approved a separate feasibility study on that Point of the Mountain TRAX project, awarding an $800,000 contract to Parametrix. (Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Last year, the Point of the Mountain Commission pressed for a $1.2 billion TRAX extension through the site of the soon-to-be-replaced state prison and on to Lehi, saying redeveloping that area could generate billions in revenue and create tens of thousands of jobs “if the right steps are taken.”Ī study by Envision Utah for that commission said those “right steps” included about $3 billion in transportation improvements, including extending the Blue Line TRAX line through there to Lehi and extending the Mountain View Corridor freeway nearby. In recent years as UTA successfully sought sales tax increases, it promised that it would use the extra money mostly to improve bus service as sought by critics - and said expensive expansions of rail lines were essentially complete for now.īut business and government officials recently have pushed for rail line extensions they say will fuel more quality development. DeLoretto noted that a variety of TRAX and streetcar projects proposed over the years and penciled into long-range plans “have not been examined holistically from a cost-benefits perspective.”
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