Lawmakers worry costs 'out of control' as prison project nears $700 million

SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers on Wednesday weren't happy to hear that budget estimates for new Utah State Prison project have again risen — this time from $650 million to nearly $700 million.
One legislator on the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee worried the project is turning into a "bottomless pit of funds" while another wondered how much longer costs were going to "escalate out of control."
But state administrators took issue with the characterization