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SALT LAKE CITY — The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), in conjunction with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), has identified hundreds of priority transportation projects totaling more than $10 billion to improve mobility, strengthen the economy, and enhance quality of life along the Wasatch Front. The public is now invited to provide input

Plan includes over 1,000 Bike, Pedestrian, Transit, and Roadway projects through 2050 SALT LAKE CITY – The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) today unanimously voted to adopt the Wasatch Front 2023-2050 Regional Transportation Plan (2023-2050 RTP) – the official place where tomorrow’s new roads, transit lines and trails start.  The 2023-2050 RTP will strengthen our transportation network, providing more choices

Compare year-to-year taxable sales between 2015 and 2022, using data from the Utah State Tax Commission (USTC), for mid and large-sized cities. This new dashboard is an upgrade to our previous COVID-era taxable sales map, so you can view these trends in a more interactive fashion.

This year’s total TLC program funding awarded approximately $2.1 million from the intergovernmental partnership, with local matches equaling approximately $260,000, for a total region-wide funding amount of $2.4 million – a record high, reflecting the significant demands growth is placing on our communities.

Where to call home? In choosing a location to live, cost factors into almost every household’s decision. There’s the cost of owning or renting your home, and the cost–in time and money–of the trips you’ll need to make, some of them nearly every day. Housing and transportation are the two biggest household expense burdens and have a significant impact on a family’s financial outlook. The Wasatch Choice goal “Housing Choices and Affordable Living Expenses” is stated broadly to acknowledge that much more goes into determining affordability than just housing expenses.

Thank you to our transportation partners, local communities, and stakeholders for the input over the last few months on the draft fiscally constrained 2023-2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).

WFRC’s current household and jobs forecast update is expected to be finalized in May of 2023 and will be used in conjunction with transportation investment decisions and other local and regional planning work. But you don’t have to wait until then to start exploring this current update at the TAZ and ‘city area’ levels in our Household and Jobs Forecast web map.

the Housing Suitability Calculator tool lets you decide what criteria are most important for siting new housing and then does the calculations and mapping to show you how well locations your areas of interest perform in terms of ATO.

Whether you want to explore your neighborhood or a spot for your next Utah outdoor adventure, our September map of the month, atlas.utah.gov, is a great general purpose map viewer

The Wasatch Front Regional Council is excited to announce the first round of Station Area Planning Technical Assistance (SAP) program awards.