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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's mayors are waiting to see which projects will be funded in their cities by the $787 billion federal stimulus package.
Earlier, mayors offered a wish list of $1.6 billion in projects. Most were city basics: patching roads, fixing sidewalks and adding street lights and upgrading sewer systems.
But one of the state's smallest cities dreamed the biggest. Salem, population 6,000, put in for $345 million. Most of that would go toward a regional wastewater treatment system that would serve seven cities.
Salt Lake City's list was the longest and most expensive: $784 million.
No one expects all the projects to be funded. Rather, supporters say, the list was an effort to show Congress the role that cities could play in helping the economy recover.
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