Controversial Utah County transit project now faces $11M cost overrun

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Utah Transit Authority Board heard Wednesday that a controversial bus rapid transit project in Utah County now faces an $11.3 million cost overrun.A long-controversial $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo and Orem — now 50 percent complete — is facing a projected $11.3 million cost overrun.

That unplanned expense could create political problems for some of its staunch supporters. That includes Provo Mayor John Curtis, who is running for Congress, and UTA Board co-chairwoman Sherrie Hall Everett, a candidate for Provo mayor.

Some UTA board members learned of the problem not from agency executives, but through a Facebook…