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UDOT pays $8M for former lawmaker's gondola property. Cottonwood mayor says it's worth $4.5M.
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A rendering of the gondola that the Utah Department of Transportation intends to build in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Utah Department of Transportation TAYLORSVILLE—The Utah Transportation Commission voted unanimously on Friday to spend roughly $8 million on a property that could one day house the base station for a gondola up Little Cottonwood Canyon.
The vote followed the public comment of several critics of the gondola proposal—including the mayor of Cottonwood Heights—pushing back on the deal's sticker price and the property's ties to a former state lawmaker and influential developer.
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