Transportation funding has been a top priority in Utah over the past several years, but the U.S. Congress continues to kick the federal highway funding authorization bill down the road. After another extension, road builders and state planning agencies are left wondering exactly what kind of transportation system we can build 90 days at a time.

More traffic relief is coming to Utah in 2012. The Airport TRAX line is nearly complete, FrontRunner South will open in December and later this summer the massive I-15 CORE project in Utah Country will wrap-up.

Utah has invested in transportation over the past decade and that investment has played a significant role in the overall strength of our economy—now the third fastest growing in the nation.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Transportation and Infrastructure Janet Kavinoky visited the Salt Lake Chamber yesterday to discuss mobility investment, transit oriented development and what it means to build our infrastructure 90 days at a time.