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Article: Utah County, Utah, transportation tax pushed.
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- The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2006
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Byline: Todd Hollingshead
Oct. 31--PROVO -- Proponents of Utah County's quarter-cent sales-tax increase for commuter rail are making one last push to get voters on board.
Barely a week before Election Day, the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce voiced unanimous support for the tax boost Monday during a news conference at the Historic Utah County Courthouse.
"If we can't keep our highways and corridors open, our economic output will come to a halt," warned Provo-Orem Chamber President Steve Densley.
If passed, the quarter-cent sales tax hike would fund commuter rail from Provo to the Point of the Mountain.
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