Eco-Logical

Blueprint Jordan River, A Lake to Lake Vision

State: Utah

Applicant: Coalition for Utah's Future/Project 2020

Grant Amount: $85,500

Period of Performance: 12 months

Summary: The Jordan River runs 58 miles from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake, through three counties and 15 municipalities in the heart of Utah's most populous region. With the population of Utah's Wasatch Front expected to more than double by 2050, impacts to the river corridor will increase. Because all major east-west transportation routes in the Salt Lake Valley necessarily cross the Jordan River, one of those impacts will be growing pressure for additional or expanded highway and road bridges. This grant will help fund a broad public involvement process to create a consensus vision to improve the river corridor that will explore development location and standards, riparian restoration, recreational opportunities, and ecologically sensitive transportation design in the corridor.

Project Status: Coalition for Utah's Future/Project 2000 signed its contract with FHWA and held its official kick off call.

Contact: Gabe Epperson
Planning Director
Envision Utah
(801) 303-1453
gabe@envisionutah.org