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.”
