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Article: Utah County, Utah, board delays putting transportation tax on ballot.
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- The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2004
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Byline: Mark Eddington
Jun. 23--PROVO, Utah -- Roads in gridlocked Utah County can wait a week for relief -- but not indefinitely.
On Tuesday, Utah County commissioners tabled a resolution that would put a transportation tax on the November ballot to fund road construction.
Despite advice in some corners to avoid haste, commissioners vow they won't be derailed at their June 29 meeting from voting on the resolution, which would earmark -- subject to voter approval -- 100 percent of a quarter-cent sales-tax increase to improve state and federal highways in Utah County.
"We've been forever planning and unable to come to a knowledge of ...