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Last week, the Federal Transit Administration signed a $428.3 million Full Funding Grant Agreement for the Utah Transit Authority’s (UTA) Mid-Jordan extension.

The 10.6-mile light-rail line will include nine stations and serve the cities of Murray, Midvale, West Jordan and South Jordan. The line will connect with UTA’s Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX Line at the existing Fashion Place West station, providing a direct link to the Salt Lake City central business district and University of Utah. Scheduled to open in December 2011, the corridor is expected to accommodate 9,500 passengers by 2030.

The Mid-Jordan line is part of UTA’s FrontLines 2015 program, which calls for adding 70 miles of rail in seven years.