The Utah Inland Port Authority is proposing dedicating some of its funding and land mass in Salt Lake City to wetland preservation along the Great Salt Lake.
The port authority's executive director made the announcement in an interview with FOX 13 News, following his appearance at Governor Spencer Cox's One Utah Summit in Cedar City.
Pressed about the wetland policy, Hart said the proposal would be to take some funding from projects around the state and set aside land for wetlands and buffers between the inland port itself and the Great Salt Lake. Hart described them as"high quality wetlands." Details of the wetlands proposal are expected to be discussed at the port authority's meeting scheduled for Wednesday. It was those details that critics of the inland port said they would be anxious to hear.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has advocated for the creation of a preserve area to act as a buffer between the inland port and related development and the Great Salt Lake. Her proposal is currently before the Salt Lake City Council.
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