Homebuilder gets an $800,000 sound wall by going around the highway department and lobbying the Legislature for a direct appropriation


Legislature ordered a sound wall along a field bordering the west side of Bangerter Highway in South Jordan, Friday, March 29, 2019. / By Rick Egan / The Salt Lake Tribune

By Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune

Tucked deep inside a final budget bill unveiled and passed the final night of this year’s legislative session is an $800,000 taxpayer gift to Bryson Garbett, a prominent homebuilder and former legislator, who had the help of House Speaker-turned-lobbyist Greg Curtis.

On page 32 of SB3, the 66-page, last-chance-for-money bill, is the following directive:

“The Legislature intends that the Department of Transportation use $800,000 from the Transportation Fund to construct a sound barrier along Mountain View Corridor at 8157 South Mapleleaf Way, West Jordan.”

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