Brice Wallace 

Approval of part of western Weber County as an inland port project area can help the county realize its vision there for the next half-century, the Utah Inland Port Authority board heard recently.

During a board meeting earlier this month, Stephanie Russell, economic development director for Weber County, said the county sees the port “as a resource” for the proposed West Weber project area, totaling about 9,000 acres.

“They are one of our tools that we will be using to create this vision, enact this vision, and this vision is not a temporary, 10-to-five-year vision,” Russell told the board. “This is a Please log in to see the rest of this story.