Skiers get on a Utah Transit Authority bus for a free experience on the Little Cottonwood Canyon Park & Journey lot on Jan. 13, 2016. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
Right here is an alternate that I believe is healthier than these put ahead within the Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental Impression Assertion.
In the course of the months of December by means of February, Friday by means of Monday and holidays, limit entry up and down the canyon to 2 fleets of electrical shuttle buses, with exceptions made for canyon residents, business automobiles and resort patrons. One fleet would serve Snowbird and Alta skiers and companies, stopping solely at Snowbird, Alta or each. The opposite fleet would serve dispersed recreation customers, stopping at designated stops developed to serve these customers, by pulling a twine to ring a bell that notifies the bus driver to cease, simply as metropolis bus customers do.
The identical parking improvement necessities within the valley recognized within the EIS would nonetheless be required with this different, however the general building and upkeep prices for this different can be a lot much less, as can be the environmental and aesthetic damages to the canyon; all whereas serving all those who go to Little Cottonwood Canyon.
This different is definitely expandable, each for the variety of customers and/or the period of the restriction, in addition to to different canyons alongside the Wasatch Entrance, resembling Large Cottonwood Canyon.
Karl Mudge
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