![]() ![]() The most expensive project in the five-year plan - at $91.9 million - is a new 5.3-mile bus rapid transit line from downtown Ogden to Weber State University and McKay Dee Hospital. That saves about $50 million from an initial design that had called for an elevated track that would have delivered trains inside terminal facilities at the airport. The new station will be at ground level adjacent to the new terminal. While the construction of the track extension proceeds, TRAX passengers will be shuttled by bus from the current end of the line to the new terminal. UTA plans to extend the TRAX line to the new terminal - but must wait for it to open so that old terminals blocking the way can be demolished. In less than a year the Salt Lake City Department of Airports will open the first phase of the new Salt Lake International Airport. (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) The new tower and concourse is pictured Monday, Sept. The new TRAX station at the airport is needed because Salt Lake City is spending $3.6 billion to essentially build an entirely new airport, with the first phase scheduled to open about a year from now. The plan envisions the bulk of the money for that new garage facility - $40.9 million - to be spent in 2020, with completion scheduled in 2022. ![]() It would replace some old garages and not only expand capacity but allow the agency to buy and maintain more electric and compressed natural gas buses - in addition to its standard diesel fleet. ![]() Part of that effort is the $48.6 million in the plan for ongoing construction of a new facility behind UTA’s headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City. UTA Board Chairman Carlton Christensen earlier this year told the bonding commission, “We're at the capacity of our current bus facilities … so if we add service - which we've made a commitment for, and are going through the process to determine that level - we actually need some facilities to house those buses.” Payment on that debt is UTA’s single largest expenditure each year, costing $119.6 million this year compared to the $102.1 million that UTA is spending on bus operations. That borrowing would be on top of the $2.1 billion in debt the agency has amassed essentially as a mortgage to accelerate building its TRAX and FrontRunner rail systems. Learn more about construction at University of Utah Hospital.The plan counts on using $70.9 million in money borrowed by issuing bonds - if the State Bonding Commission approves, a requirement recently imposed by the Legislature amid concern over UTA’s considerable debt. Construction Around the HospitalĬonstruction projects are going on at the Sky Bridge and in the patient parking terrace. You can also learn about using public transportation to get to University of Utah Hospital. Please note your parking location and the hospital entrance you used. If you prefer to park your own vehicle, free parking is available in our patient and patient-visitor parking terrace located on the right side (north west) of the hospital driveway just as you enter. You can now drop off and pick up your car anytime, day or night. ![]() Wheelchairs and other assistance are available for patients and visitors with special needs.Īs you enter the hospital driveway, follow the signs pointing you to free valet parking located at the entrance to the hospital. Free valet parking is available to patients and visitors of patients at University of Utah Hospital. ![]()
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