Committee approves 2026–31 TIP modifications and releases draft 2027–32 TIP for public review

The Transportation Coordinating Committee on June 17 approved a set of board modifications to the 2026–2031 Transportation Improvement Program and voted to release the draft 2027–2032 TIP and its air‑quality conformity analysis for public review.

Ben Wridge, WFRC staff, introduced the agenda and explained the three actions before the committee: to note a recent regional‑council board modification, consider a new modification, and release the draft 2027–2032 TIP. "The transportation improvement program acronym is TIP," Wridge said, noting the TIP is a six‑year program of highway, transit and active‑transportation projects required to be financially constrained and to meet air‑quality conformity.

The committee reviewed four projects added under the board modification. UDOT requested an additional $10 million for two I‑84 bridge replacements in Weber/Davis counties, raising the project total to $65.5 million; UDOT said the 1965 structures had reached the end of their service life and construction delays from utilities and Union Pacific activity necessitated the increase. A separate I‑80 package in Salt Lake County will add $6 million for rehabilitation and deck replacements on seven bridges, bringing that project to $38 million; staff said UDOT's Structures Group won about $28 million in a federal competitive highway bridge grant that will cover most of the cost.

Two ongoing corridor projects also sought additional funding. UDOT described a long SR‑108 corridor upgrade (2000/3500 West) that would widen two‑lane segments to a five‑lane section with shoulders, sidewalks, multi‑use paths and a pedestrian overpass; a $93 million increase would raise the total to roughly $224 million, funded from the Transportation Investment Fund (TIF). The Shepard Lane interchange project on I‑15, including a pedestrian overpass, requested about $26 million more (new total about $177 million) due to soft soils, water impacts and tight railroad/freeway constraints; those funds also come from TIF.

A member moved and the committee approved the resolution to modify the 2026–2031 TIP; the transcript records the motion, a second and a voice vote but does not show a roll‑call tally.

The committee also voted to release the draft 2027–2032 TIP and associated air‑quality conformity analysis for public review starting June 27 through Aug. 2. Staff said the public process will include two in‑person open houses (June 21 in the south end of the valley and June 28 in the Ogden‑Layton area) and an online open house on July 30, supplemented by an interactive online map that allows residents to view projects and submit comments. "We will take any comments received during the public review and comment period to the TACs and bring that information back to this body for a recommendation to the regional council," Wridge said.

The committee was also reminded that the TIP must align with the statewide schedule so FHWA/FTA can review the adopted TIP in September for an effective October 1 start to the new program year.

What happens next: the draft TIP will be available for public comment beginning June 27; staff will summarize comments and return recommendations to TACs and this committee before the regional council takes final action.