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The Utah Department of Transportation will have to slash $35 million from its Critical Highway Needs Fund this year, state lawmakers agreed Thursday, putting the next phase of Legacy Parkway and other projects at risk.
Additionally, the state will cut $5.5 million in one-time funds it previously allocated to several projects, including a road from Green River to the gas fields of the Uinta Basin, and a study of a potential Utah Lake crossing.
The transportation budget committee had orders to chop, though some feared the economic-development consequences.
UDOT opted to take the money from its $90 million annual Critical Highway Needs list of 27 projects including:
* North Legacy.
* Mountain View corridor planning.
* Bluff Street and Dixie Drive interchanges in St. George.
* 1000 West bypass in Logan.
The Utah Transportation Commission will choose which on the list to delay.
