Show Extra 10 vehicle fee advances in Council Derek P. P Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune After pointed debate Tuesday the Salt Lake County Council gave preliminary approval for a 10 vehicle registration hike to help preserve land for a west-side west highway corridor This is one of those things that the Legislature could have used the surplus to help out Councilman Randy Horiuchi said But were we're good soldiers for the state We always have been 1 n Public u hearing 2 The Th e council coun- coun cil voted 8 1 A public hearing on theto the to boost the 10 bump in vehicle regis fees Is ls scheduled scheduled- fee tee which for fr March 21 during the was con- con Salt Lake County Councils Council's by the 4 pm p.m. meeting at the s County 2 9 0 n 0 n 5 Center 2001 S. S State L Legislature egis I to j g Vehicle Fee Cont on Page 6 Vehicle Fee Cont from front take effect July 1 of this year The money about million collected collected over 25 years will go toward the Mountain View Corridor which is expected to be a toll road Councilman Joe Hatch the lone dissenter attempted to tomake tomake tomake make the tax contingent on placing a November ballot question question ques ques- tion don before voters to to pose how i to toj pay for planned rail light-rail spurs to the west side That move failed on a 5 4 party-line party vote Hatch a Democrat argued transit and new roads should be considered together But It Republican p bi j Councilman 2 nEU Mark v k jj t r Crockett said the community should not be held hostage for both tra transportation challenges Under the legislation the state has agreed to make a 10 million match toward the corri corri- dor Councilman m tt a I jis f-jis j H who represents much of the the west wes westside westside side was disappointed the state passed the rest of the cost onto the county But he noted the expected population boom warrants warrants warrants war war- rants the roadway plan Buying the property now at today's values makes sense he said Mayor Peter Corroon agreed Ten dollars today will cost costus costus costus us one hundred dollars tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row he said Plus we may have to kick people out of their houses if we wait |