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Utah Inland Port Authority is still paying millions for land leases it doesn’t need

A few deep-pocketed developers are making big bucks off both future and abandoned port projects.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shipping containers are moved via railcar at the Union Pacific intermodal terminal, west of Salt Lake City on Nov. 10, 2021. Directly south is a large vacant lot the Utah Inland Port Authority is paying millions to lease over a 40-year term, even though it has abandoned plans to build a transloading facility at the site.