Debate on replacing state planes has cost millions, UDOT says

It is said that time is money, and talk is cheap. Lawmakers lamented Thursday that they debated so long about whether to replace the two airplanes used to shuttle state officials around Utah that it has added millions to the cost — proving that too much talk can be expensive.As they debated for more than a year about whether it would be wiser to use charter services or lease or buy new planes, the state’s two aging aircraft — ages 21 and 22 years old — kept deteriorating