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City leaders in Clearfield broke ground Monday on a major project they hope will serve as a new community center that encourages more people to get around without driving.

Clearfield and the UTA are now ready to embark on a massive project that will drastically change the city in the next two decades as it prepares for its next century of existence.

SALT LAKE CITY – Public invited to review and provide feedback on timing of transportation projects through 2050. The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), in close partnership with regional transportation agencies and local governments, is nearing completion of the Wasatch Choice 2050 Vision, a blueprint for growth and development along the Wasatch Front. Transportation projects and land use types have

SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) – The future of the Utah’s housing will likely rest in high-density projects, a necessary component to accommodating population growth and lowering housing costs. As such, key leaders must exercise a spirit of compromise and thoughtful foresight to avoid making this issue a needless division for years to come. There is an unavoidable need to

SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) – You’ve likely heard that Utah is growing. What you may not have heard is how much and how fast. According to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, we will add 1.5 million people to the Wasatch Front by 2050. That’s 45,000 people each year, or roughly the equivalent of adding a Draper-

SALT LAKE CITY (Utah Construction & Design) – New regional vision of the Wasatch Front hopes to guide future transportation investments, development patterns and economic opportunities, as Utah’s population is expected to add 1.5 million people in the next 30 years. As professionals in the A/E/C space, you know that Utah is growing. What you may not know is how

SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) – Shortly after visiting Utah on a trip to see a friend, Dustin Gettel decided to move here. Drawn to “the most beautiful place” he’d ever seen, he moved into a Midvale apartment complex in 2015, before his house had even sold. Gettel, a newly inaugurated councilman in Midvale, is one of many

SALT LAKE CITY (News4Utah) – By 2050, the projected population along the Wasatch Front is expected to increase by 1.5 million. Many of Utah’s mayors met Tuesday to plan for the boom. Mayor’s Metro Solutions was held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, where mayors, experts and stakeholders discussed how to address Utah’s projected growth. The discussion included economists, transportation

SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) – Without a plan to address the projected 1.5 million additional residents who will live in Utah by 2050, the future may look something like this: worsened air quality, increased traffic congestion and a continued lack of affordable housing. But as elected officials, business leaders, community organizers, transportation agencies and developers came together downtown

SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) – Today, the average Wasatch Front commuter spends a little under an hour driving to and from work. By 2050 — when Utah’s population is projected to hit more than 5 million — that commute time could jump to an hour and 40 minutes. On top of that, housing prices will be even higher, and there