Article: Transportation funding tops agenda

If you haven't heard it yet, don't worry, you'll have plenty more opportunities to hear just how desperately Utah needs an infusion of public funds to finance transportation improvements.

The Wasatch Front Regional Council, Mountainlands Association of Governments, Envision Utah and the Utah Legislature's Transportation Planning Task Force all have made pronouncements to that effect in recent months.

Wednesday, it was local business leaders' turn to get an earful on the importance of transportation funding during the Salt Lake Chamber's "mobility summit" at the Little America Hotel.

"Our (transportation) needs are growing much faster than our ability to meet them," said Chamber president ...

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