UT-2025-006
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Application purpose: To fund a 7.0-mile Bus Rapid Transit line in Murray, Taylorsville, and West Valley Cities, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Activities performed: The project includes all items needed for the environmental design, construction, right of way acquisition, and project management of the project corridor.
Build a 7.0-mile BRT in Salt Lake County, Utah, including the construction of 1.4 miles of exclusive bus lanes on Taylorsville Expressway (4700/4500 South) between Redwood Road and 500 West.
Expected outcomes: Allow UTA to deliver improved transit service which enhances the local economy by connecting riders through the middle of Salt Lake County from the Murray Central Bus Hub and Front Runner and TRAX stations to Salt Lake Community College and to the West Valley Central TRAX Station and bus hub.
The project includes 15 branded BRT station locations (with a total of 25 platforms).
Stations with ADA access will include platforms, canopies, landscaped planters, wayfinding information, and other amenities.
All stations will be level-boarding using ramps from the sidewalk or median to the raised platform.
Improved pedestrian access with pedestrian access ramps.
Each platform will accommodate future off-board fare payment ticket vending machines (TVMs); however, the service will operate fare-free for five years; therefore, TVMs are not part of the CIG project.
TVMs will be installed at a future date.
UTA will use ten existing 40-foot electric buses to deliver the service.
The buses will be wrapped with project branding identification.
Intended beneficiaries: UTA transit service area and local area commuters.
Subrecipient activities: N/A
Activities performed: The project includes all items needed for the environmental design, construction, right of way acquisition, and project management of the project corridor.
Build a 7.0-mile BRT in Salt Lake County, Utah, including the construction of 1.4 miles of exclusive bus lanes on Taylorsville Expressway (4700/4500 South) between Redwood Road and 500 West.
Expected outcomes: Allow UTA to deliver improved transit service which enhances the local economy by connecting riders through the middle of Salt Lake County from the Murray Central Bus Hub and Front Runner and TRAX stations to Salt Lake Community College and to the West Valley Central TRAX Station and bus hub.
The project includes 15 branded BRT station locations (with a total of 25 platforms).
Stations with ADA access will include platforms, canopies, landscaped planters, wayfinding information, and other amenities.
All stations will be level-boarding using ramps from the sidewalk or median to the raised platform.
Improved pedestrian access with pedestrian access ramps.
Each platform will accommodate future off-board fare payment ticket vending machines (TVMs); however, the service will operate fare-free for five years; therefore, TVMs are not part of the CIG project.
TVMs will be installed at a future date.
UTA will use ten existing 40-foot electric buses to deliver the service.
The buses will be wrapped with project branding identification.
Intended beneficiaries: UTA transit service area and local area commuters.
Subrecipient activities: N/A
Awardee
Funding Goals
FUND PROJECTS WHEN THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS LESS THAN $400MILLION AND TOTAL SMALL STARTS FUNDING SOUGHT IS LESS THAN $150MILLION TO CONSTRUCT NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS (LIGHT RAIL COMMUTER RAIL ETC.); AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SYSTEM; THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIXED GUIDEWAY BRT SYSTEM; OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CORRIDOR-BASED BRT SYSTEM.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Utah
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
NOT APPLICABLE
Utah Transit Authority was awarded
Salt Lake County Bus Rapid Transit Line Grant
Project Grant UT-2025-006
worth $60,646,104
from the FTA Office of Budget and Policy in December 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Utah United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 20.500 Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants.
$37,754,228 (38.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 12/26/24
Period of Performance
12/20/24
Start Date
11/30/27
End Date
Funding Split
$60.6M
Federal Obligation
$37.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$98.4M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
UT-2025-006
SAI Number
UT-2025-006-00-20.500
Award ID URI
SAI NOT AVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
6982SY REGION 8 DOT FTA
Funding Office
693JJ8 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND POLICY(TBP)
Awardee UEI
PQ4YJL6FKFX6
Awardee CAGE
1G5T5
Performance District
UT-90
Senators
Mike Lee
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
Modified: 12/26/24