Grant Grumble Reaches

While the gnarled canvas of Summit County’s Transportation‑Sales‑Tax (TST) is meant to glide investments into BRT corridors, the last voting deck on November 19 puffed up with shoddy paperwork and bureaucratic theatrics. Chris Robinson, rallying the council, pressed for an emergency hand‑shake, while Canice Harte shook his shoulders in protest four members and he'd never back down. Tonja Hanson, the Chair, demanded answers as to why money earmarked for Route 224 and Route 248 vanished into the moat of Thaynes Canyon bike‑path plans, a move approved by COG ten months after a Park City request. Eva De Laurentiis, the transportation planner, offered a polished description of “a more panel‑like review” that, in practice, resembles a circus of committees. In the interim, the county is left navigating a maze of safety‑orange barrels, asphalt‑black slurry, and faded municipal beige signs that signal nothing more than procedural loopholes. Take the Richardson Flat bus during the 7‑8 am rush instead of navigating the congested Route 224 choke.