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Tribune editorial: Our lungs aren’t ready for the inland port

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The inland port has been billed as the largest economic development project in Utah, but at this point it is little more than a concept, a map and a group that is supposed to figure the rest out.

How much will it cost? Who will pay for it? When will it be built? What companies will it draw? How many people will it employ? Will they be high- or low-paying jobs?

Those and other good questions await the Inland Port Commission, but there is one looming obstacle the governor and Legislature still must face, and it is breathtaking.