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Article: 'HOT' lanes likely coming
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2006
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Utah Department of Transportation director John Njord said
Wednesday that a plan to put toll lanes on I-15 is likely to be
approved this Friday by the state's Transportation Commission.
"I think they recognize that we need to do all we can to help
transportation," he said. "We need to use all the tools in the
toolbox."
UDOT has been studying whether to put "high-occupancy toll" or HOT
lanes on I-15 for over a year. If implemented, the lanes would allow
single drivers to pay for the right to drive in car-pool lanes.
By adding cars to the car-pool lanes, it frees room for other cars
in general purpose lanes, Njord said.
During a Wednesday meeting of the legislative transportation
committee, ...