Heather Dove: The Utah Inland Port Authority must be more transparent about its environmental impact

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Heather Dove: The Utah Inland Port Authority must be more transparent about its environmental impact
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“UIPA is a publicly funded state authorized entity. Utahns have a right to know the full details of the environmental damage that is being inflicted on us with our tax dollars,” writes Heather Dove, president of Great Salt Lake Audubon.

in the country. But there’s no evidence that this is happening. Instead the opposite seems to be true.

UIPA likes to say it has no control over what local governments do, that it can only incentivize businesses. I have not heard mention of one incentive for mitigation strategies. Since its inception in 2018, UIPA has intermittently made vague references to plans for reducing environmental impacts but none of these mitigation measures have been implemented.with a plan to utilize renewable energy, yet it appears there have been no further concrete developments on this front.

Instead of protection for the so-called “natural area,” warehouse roads are being built right up against it — in violation of the 400-foot buffer — and there isn’t full protection for the undeveloped land beyond the road.

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