The Green Loop, a key pillar of Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s campaign for a second term, is hitting some speed bumps.
This month, west-side City Council members expressed reservations about funding construction costs for the green space that would circle downtown and recently asked the mayor’s administration for additional information about the proposal, which is part of the city’s capital improvement program.
After a July 9 council meeting, the Public Lands Department reduced its funding request from $10 million to $3 million and cut promises to use the money on construction.
Officials said the city still intends to throw $10 million at the first portion of the project. Instead of tapping the capital improvement budget for the full cost, officials now plan to use money earmarked for utilities and road upgrades to fund construction once the design of a section along 500 West is complete. This, they say, is a more efficient use of city dollars.
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