Members of an inland port opposition group gathered at the Utah Capitol Wednesday to call on state lawmakers to fund a health impact assessment within the 16,000-acre area set to one day become a global distribution hub.
Activists have long worried about how the port — which is expected to bring increased rail, truck and air traffic along with tailpipe emissions — would affect wildlife, air quality and the environment in the area near the Great Salt Lake. But some 18 months after lawmakers created the project through legislation last year, members of the Stop the Polluting Port coalition say they have no more answers than they did then.