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PROVO, Utah (AP) -- An American Fork lawmaker says recent cuts in Utah's state budge have not left a plan to study a bridge over Utah Lake dead in the water.
Republican Rep. Ken Sumsion says $3 million in study funding was slashed to $750,000 in last month's round of budget cuts. The cuts came just weeks before some study contracts were signed.
Sumsion says he'll meet with Utah Department of Transportation to see where the project can now go.
The 7-mile bridge was proposed as plan to shorten and ease the commute for residents on the fast-growing west side of Utah Lake. Currently commuting on country roads around the lake's north end can take more than two hours.
Local boaters, hunters and environmental advocates have opposed the bridge study.
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Information from: The Daily Herald
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