The Northern Corridor will cut congestion and allow traffic to safely bypass downtown St. George, making it safer for families to travel and eliminating a lot of idling hours. It's also a big conservation win. The project expands the protected land that's part of the tortoise preserve. and safeguard. Important safeguards, important recreation areas. More importantly, this is something that Congress actually told the agencies to do back in 2009. In the 2009 lands bill. (00:48–00:53)
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