Did Utah Inland Port’s actions balloon the price tag for LDS Church property?
Rail company had a federal grant in hand to pay for the project at no cost to the state, but the port authority’s successful bid may have derailed that plan and added millions to the purchase price.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Inland Port Authority is in the process of purchasing land from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near 6 South and 5600 West for a rail yard. Friday, May 20, 2022.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.