489 Million Grant for Salt Lake City Area Commuter Rail Project.

Salt Lake City area commuters got a big boost today as U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta sealed an agreement with the Utah Transit Authority for $489 million in federal funding for the ?FrontRunner? Weber County-to-Salt Lake City Commuter Rail line. The money will be used to build the new 44 mile commuter rail line that is expected to carry almost 12,000 weekday passengers taking nearly 6,000 cars off the roads everyday Mineta said during a visit to the Farmington Station construction site this afternoon.