Tribune editorial: Make growth pay for itself. And for TRAX.

(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) There has never been any secret or shame about the fact that the decision by the Utah Legislature to build a new state prison near the Great Salt Lake was not just about having a shiny new state-of-the-art correctional facility. It was at least as much about the economic bonanza that would occur, Oklahoma Land Rush style, on the land where the old prison sits.

The question now is whether said bonanza will accrue only to the builders, developers and commission-collecting real estate agents. Or whether it will benefit the entire region.

One giant answer to that question will be who pays for the necessary public services to the redeveloped land…