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John Curtis: “When I was mayor of Provo, Utah's third largest city, we had…”

Featuring: John Curtis, Republican | U.S. Senate Utah

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Curtis Calls for Infrastructure Funding Formula Reforms to Support Utah's Rapid Growth

Published | Video Starts at 02:25

I would love to do that. I will just tell you I'd be curious in all ways that we can change it. And just to give you an example, When I was mayor of Provo, Utah's third largest city, we had a rule of thumb that if we used $1 of federal money, it increased the cost of our project by 30%. so we could do all of the same work, all the environmental standards we could meet but increase the project by 30% and imagine a 30% increase in funds just by simply changing a few policies. (02:25–02:35)

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