Cities opposing idea of Mountain View toll road

Randall Jeppesen and AP reportingThe Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is considering several options to pay for the Mountain View Corridor, including using gas taxes, car registration fees, or designating it as a toll road.

However, cities like Riverton, Draper and South Jordan have been doing everything they can to make sure UDOT knows they don't want a toll road.

South Jordan Mayor Kent Money says it doesn't make sense to build a road that people need but won't use. "With the price of gasoline the way it is today, to pay an additional amount of money to use a road, I don't think people will pay it," he said.

Some city leaders estimate it could cost their residents an extra $200 a month to drive if the road becomes a toll.

UDOT hasn't decided yet how to fund the $1.8 billion corridor, but tolling is still one of the options on the table.

E-mail: rjeppesen@ksl.com

(The Salt Lake Tribune and Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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