The Utah Transit Authority won $8.5 million in federal grants on Monday to help replace aging buses and to help start building a new maintenance facility. UTA won a $4 million grant for bus replacement. That will go toward buying 11 buses to provide service to Little and Big Cottonwood canyons. Each canyon bus features special technology for operating on steep grades and in snowy conditions.
It won another $4.45 million grant to begin environmental study and design work on a facility to replace UTA’s central garage at 616 W. 200 South in Salt Lake City. That 40-year-old garage lacks adequate space to maintain UTA’s current fleet, as well as future needs. A new $80 million facility is planned for the block behind 669 W. 200 South. The Salt Lake Tribune
