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Improving both the Sugar House streetcar and the "Max" bus rapid transit route in West Valley City are among new projects added to the latest update of a regional five-year transportation improvement plan adopted on Thursday.

The Wasatch Front Regional Council approved the new 2016-2021 plan on which any local project seeking federal funding must be included. The council consists of mayors, county commissioners and other leaders from Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Tooele, Morgan and Box Elder counties.

Some new transit projects could be of special interest because residents will vote on Nov. 3 whether to raise sales taxes by a penny for every $4 in sales for transportation. Along the Wasatch Front, 40 percent of the money will go to the Utah Transit Authority.

The UTA has said it would primarily use extra money to expand bus services. But rail projects were also among new additions to the regional plan.

Some of those new transit projects, added to "carry-over" projects approved in past years, include:

• A $3.01 million project to construct a double track on the UTA streetcar between 700 East and 800 East between 2019 and 2021. The streetcar now runs largely on a single track, limiting service to once every 20 minutes. Adding more double tracks could allow service every 15 minutes (the same as nearby buses on 2100 South).

WFRC plans had earlier included a separate $900,000 project to double-track the streetcar between 500 and 600 East in 2019 and 2020.

• A $4.2 million project to build a parking structure at the Layton FrontRunner station, with some early planning money coming as early as 2017. UTA said analysis shows 530 parking stalls are needed there, but it now has only 391.

• A $3 million project to enhance the "Max" bus rapid transit system along 3300 and 3500 South in Salt Lake County.

Already in the plan is $5 million to buy right of way with some early construction for a bus rapid transit line on 5600 West (which would intersect with MAX). Funding for a first phase from 2700 South to 6200 South is penciled in to begin in 2021.

• Spending $1.4 million between 2018 and 2021 to subsidize and expand bus service on Routes 54 (along 5400 South in Kearns and Taylorsville) and 220 (on Highland Drive and 1300 East). It would expand hours of service and frequency.

The subsidy "will help UTA offset operating expenses for the next few years allowing UTA to implement [more frequent and expanded] service now as opposed to several years from now," said UTA Project Development Manager Hal Johnson.

Other new additions to the plan include numerous highway or bicycle-path improvement projects. Some of them are:

• A $335,200 project by the Utah Department of Transportation to reconfigure and widen lanes at the interchange of Interstate 80 and Foothill Boulevard in 2017.

• A $350,000 project by Salt Lake City to expand its bike share program in 2016.

• A $458,000 project by Salt Lake City beginning in 2016 to provide a safe bicycle route — parallel to 1300 South – between 200 East and 500 West. It would also improve pedestrian crossings to access the TRAX Ballpark Station.

• A $444,000 project by Ogden beginning next year to reconstruct Grant Avenue from 22nd Street to 2250 Street to include bike lanes and mid-block pedestrian crossings.

• A $2.7 million project by Riverton to add bike lanes on 12600 South between Bangerter Highway and the Mountain View Corridor, with initial design work beginning in 2017.

• A $4.16 million project by West Valley City to rebuild 4100 South between 4400 West and 4800 West, beginning in 2020.