BREAKING: UDOT said today that building a gondola is the chosen option to solve the canyon’s lingering transportation issues.
“With numerous studies over many years as the starting point for addressing the transportation challenges in Little Cottonwood Canyon, we relied on the [environmental impact statement] process of in-depth technical analysis and environmental assessment, along with agency and public input, to identify Gondola B as the preferred alternative in the Final EIS,” UDOT Project Manager Josh Van Jura said in a news release.
Despite UDOT’s decision, the final say for the project will be in the hands of the Legislature, which would need to provide funding to build the gondola. In the meantime, UDOT wants to roll out smaller steps to address transportation issues more quickly, like building mobility hubs and expanding bus services.
The decision comes after years of other environmental impact statement drafts, numerous public meetings and thousands of public comments from supporters and detractors of the gondola. UDOT first began exploring solutions for the canyon’s transportation woesSome elected leaders like Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson opposed the gondola, saying at, “rather than rip up the canyon with a half-a-billion-dollar price tag, let’s invest in common sense solutions.
On the other side of the aisle, gondola proponents like Dave Fields, general manager and president of Snowbird, have said building the 8-mile-long gondola is the only feasible solution for the canyon. Fields said in July that Snowbird’s purchase of that land was to keep the gondola’s viability as an option for UDOT.
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