Utah Inland Port Authority is poised to turn almost 9000 acres of largely undeveloped land into industrial concrete and asphalt projects.
Weber County property slated for an inland port on Friday, April 5, 2024.Weber County has some of the most stunning lands and vistas in the state of Utah. Now the Utah Inland Port Authority is poised to turn almost 9,000 acres of largely undeveloped land, near the imperiled Great Salt Lake and the Harold Crane and Ogden Bay waterfowl management areas,More than 2,000 years ago in ancient Greece, the storyteller Aesop issued a warning that will be ignored at our peril.
The statement reads, “This project area cedes local control and budget authority to a state-appointed board. Various groups across the political spectrum are calling on Weber County to study the full impact, including the budget burden to local taxpayers, attracting heavy truck traffic to an area that does not have it now, bright lighting, destruction of wetlands, inestimable noise and attracting sources of air pollution.
In other words, UIPA and developers will build the port, but government entities will have only 25% to provide critical services. UIPA will build infrastructure, but they will not maintain it.about projects that have been adding up over decades. Wolford admitted, however, there is no statutory protection for Weber County and that the five-member, appointed board has final authority. He made an unwritten promise, based on nothing but his word, that UIPA’s decisions can be easily reversed.we have “a lot of communities stacked up for project areas,” so Weber County could lose its place in line.
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