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TOOELE VALLEY, Utah — How should transportation in Tooele Valley progress over the next 30 years? Local leaders and Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) are inviting the public to review and comment on the Draft 2027–2055 Tooele Valley Long-Range Transportation Plan through November 22, 2026. The plan identifies transportation needs and priorities for roads, transit, walking, and biking throughout Tooele

Utah Recommends 37 New Opportunity Zones Utah is taking another step toward attracting private investment to communities with plans for housing, jobs, and connected centers. On September 24, 2026, Governor Spencer Cox recommended 37 census tracts for the next round of federal Opportunity Zones. Eighteen are in the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) area, where the designations could help communities

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2026   SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), in partnership with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), has released the Draft 2027–2032 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), identifying more than 800 transportation projects totaling over $10 billion in planned investments during the next six years

What is the Commuter Flow Map? WFRC’s newly updated Utah Commuter Flow Map uses anonymized employment data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Origin Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) dataset to display commuting patterns between communities across the Wasatch Front. By aggregating home-to-work connections for each city, the commuter flow map shows where residents work, where workers travel from, and how

Wasatch Front, UT — Celebrate Bike Month with the Ninth Annual Golden Spoke Ride on Saturday, May 16, 2026! This FREE, community bike event offers a safe and exciting way to experience the growing Golden Spoke Trail Network — more than 100 miles of connected, multi-use trails stretching from Ogden to Provo. The Golden Spoke network was built through strong

The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) has released the Draft 2027-2055 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Preferred Scenario and is inviting the public, partners, and stakeholders to review and provide feedback. RTP Essentials What is the RTP Preferred Scenario? The Preferred Scenario is the recommended set of regional transportation investments across the Wasatch Front, looking out to 2055. For the first