In an opinion piece by Mike Marker, President of Friends of Little Cottonwood Canyon—which has tracked UDOT’s Record of Decision costs and calculations for years—the Utah Department of Transportation’s proposed gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon faces serious scrutiny over its financial viability. A BYU study (click to read the study) reveals underestimated costs and errors in financial projections, worsened by rising expenses from tariffs, inflation, and limited federal funding. The article compares the gondola to a more cost-effective enhanced bus service, notes the lack of private ski resort investment, and calls for greater transparency to avoid a costly misstep.
Read the full analysis (click on link) in Deseret News for a detailed look at the project’s challenges.
