Gov. Spencer Cox indicators a invoice throughout a ceremonial signing associated to managing development within the state in Herriman on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
Carlos Braceras, government director of the Utah Division of Transportation, and Gov. Spencer Cox speak in Herriman after attending a ceremonial invoice signing associated to managing development within the state on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
Herriman has been one of many fastest-growing cities within the nation for its dimension over the last decade, based on metropolis knowledge, making it a becoming location for a ceremonial invoice signing Tuesday the place Utah Gov. Spencer Cox touted 10 totally different growth-related legal guidelines handed by the legislature this session.
Dozens of present and former lawmakers, native leaders, transportation officers, housing advocates and extra accompanied the governor, talking briefly to the bevy of payments that Cox stated are geared toward “managing development and rising in the appropriate method.”
Cox advised reporters that Herriman, and different components of southwest Salt Lake County, exemplify that sentiment, pointing to the “density that we’re seeing in other places.”
“I discuss Dawn rather a lot. One of many issues I actually like about Dawn is you might have several types of housing all in the identical neighborhoods. You've got multi-family housing, which is cheaper, and leases, then you might have starter houses and center earnings houses and better earnings houses all in the identical neighborhood,” Cox stated, referring to the brand new, walkable neighborhood constructed on reclaimed mining land, which is able to quickly be dwelling to Salt Lake Metropolis’s Triple-A baseball group, the Bees.
“What we all know from the information is that truly results in higher outcomes. When folks from totally different wage lessons get to dwell in the identical neighborhoods, it’s really actually good for these neighborhoods,” Cox stated.
Carlos Braceras, government director of the Utah Division of Transportation, and Gov. Spencer Cox speak in Herriman after attending a ceremonial invoice signing associated to managing development within the state on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
The Dawn neighborhood is roughly 5 miles north of Tuesday’s occasion, positioned in South Jordan — like Herriman, and far of the state, it’s rising quick.
For 31 of the previous 32 years, the Beehive State has skilled web migration development, Cox stated. Within the final decade, that development propelled Utah to the thirtieth most populated state within the nation, based on U.S. Census knowledge, shifting it from the underside tier to the center of the pack. In 2022, 62% of the state’s development got here from exterior of the state, the governor stated.
Cox, talking earlier than the ceremonial signings, pressured that development is a double-edged sword. It “presents some great alternatives, and naturally some distinctive challenges.”
“We perceive that if we’re going to take care of our top quality of life, and we’re going to utilize a spot the place our children and grandkids can dwell, we actually should deal with offering extra housing alternatives. We have to construct extra trails and recreation alternatives and make investments extra in strategic infrastructure,” he stated.
Although the payments have already been handed, there have been 10 new legal guidelines the governor and lawmakers highlighted Tuesday:
- SB240: First-time homebuyer help program.
- HB364: Housing affordability amendments.
- HB499: Homeless companies amendments.
- HB231: Low earnings housing property tax exemption.
- HB406: Land use, growth and administration act.
- SB174: Native land use and growth revisions.
- HB301: Transportation tax amendments.
- HB44: Transportation hall funding amendments.
- SB27: Transportation revisions.
- SB185: Transportation amendments.