Billions of dollars of transportation projects open for public review

OGDEN (Standard Examiner) – Hundreds of transportation projects, worth billions of dollars — including many in Weber, Davis, Morgan and Box Elder counties — are awaiting public scrutiny.

The Wasatch Front Regional Council, Utah’s metropolitan planning arm, has identified more than $4 billion of priority transportation projects that could be funded during the next six years — part of the state’s 2019-2024 Transportation Improvement Program.

According to a press release from the WFRC, the projects were selected with cooperation from the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Transit Authority and are designed to improve mobility, strengthen the economy and enhance quality of life along the Wasatch Front…