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The Utah Inland Port board’s committees meeting in private despite criticism over lack of transparency

Want to know the business plan of what state leaders describe as the biggest economic development project in Utah history?

Tough luck. You’ll have to wait until the committees are done working and make recommendations to the directors of the new project.

Three committees created by the board of the controversial Utah Inland Port chose to meet this month out of the public eye after attorneys for the group said state law didn’t require them to hold open committee meetings.

“I can understand the logic if someone says, ‘Why not just [meet in public] all the time even if you’re not required to?