Inland Port electrified truck parking facility grant
Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grant application, passed through the city's Community and Neighborhoods Department, to build an Utah Inland Port Authority truck parking facility for more than 200 electrified trucks with plug-in charging. The authority would oversee and implement the project. One speaker at the February 16, 2021 hearing raised transparency concerns about the authority.
- Where it stands
- Tabled
- Type
- Public project
- Location
- 700 North and John Glenn Road
Every hearing and vote
February 16, 2021 · City Council
Public hearing: eight grant applications
Continued
Staff summarized the applications: a UDOT bridge replacement grant at 1500 West 650 North, a FEMA BRIC grant (including $100,000 for an equity and inclusion plan), a 700 North corridor grant, the Utah Inland Port Authority electrified truck facility at 700 North and John Glenn Road, the Kensington East-West Neighborhood Byway Phase 2, two Transportation and Land Use Connection grants (Granary District Area Plan and a downtown building height zoning update) and the annual state EMS per-capita grant for Fire Department supplies. Speakers supported the bridge and FEMA grants and the Kensington byway, citing safer routes for pedestrians and children. One speaker raised transparency and opposition concerns about the Utah Inland Port Authority truck facility. The council moved to close the hearings and refer Items 1-8 to a future consent agenda.