SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it is sending $60 million toward the Utah Transit Authority to help the agency replace nearly two dozen aging light rail vehicles, as a part of more than $700 million in grants it approved Friday as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill signed in 2021.
"UTA is delighted by the grant award," he said in a statement. "We are extremely appreciative of Utah's congressional delegation leaders and to the for their strong support for this critical transit project and for important infrastructure investments in Utah." Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who helped coordinate the infrastructure law, said he believes the new grant will "go a long way" to help the TRAX system continue to thrive over the next few decades. TRAX accounted for more than a quarter of all of UTA's average weekday boarding in March, according to the UTA data.