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Join the fight against wasteful spending on the Gondola to benefit special interest. (AND) Let’s implement cost-effective and low-impact solutions immediately
The proposed gondola risks degrading Little Cottonwood Canyon, a valuable public asset that is an important source of tourism revenue and fresh drinking water. It also creates an UNNECESSARY financial burden for Utah taxpayers as lower cost common sense solutions do exists.
Utah legislators must act now to restore historical bus routes, enforce snow tires / traction requirements, implement permit parking, and variable operating hours.
It is projected to cost $1.4 billion which is the size of the transportation budget for Utah for one year. Building the gondola would divert transportation funding away from higher priority transportation projects in Utah.
Canyon Guard’s (CG) mission is to find common sense, fiscally responsible and ecologically sustainable transportation solutions for Little Cottonwood Canyon. We aim to educate elected officials and citizens with facts about the traffic congestion problems in Little Cottonwood Canyon and the concerns with the proposed Gondola as UDOT’s solution.
Stand with us and protect the majestic beauty of Little Cottonwood Canyon for generations to come.
Our coalition is actively working to ensure the Department of Transportation implements available low cost solutions BEFORE considering the construction of a permanent gondola structure in LCC. While Canyon Guard will take every measure to reduce costs, the reality is that this lawsuit will be extremely costly. We are a small non-profit going up against well-funded opposition and we need your help to level the playing field. We humbly ask you to donate to preserve Little Cottonwood Canyon and fight for fiscally responsible solutions.
Our coalition is the key to stopping the gondola project and eliminating congestion in LCC. While Canyon Guard will take every measure to reduce costs, the reality is that this lawsuit will be extremely costly. We are a small non-profit going up against well-funded opposition and we need your help to level the playing field. We humbly ask you to donate to protect Little Cottonwood Canyon from this undue and unnecessary threat.
Currently, Utah Transportation Authority (UTA) only operates 23 buses a day on route 994 up Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC) from Sandy.
Route 953, that goes from Midvale to Alta, has not been operational since 2020, and its resumption for the upcoming season is yet to be determined. In 1996, the total number of buses a day that went up LCC was 87.
In 2021, bill HB0433 created the CCTIF (Cottonwood Canyon Transportation Investment Fund) where “legislature may appropriate money from the fund for public transit or transportation project in the Cottonwood Canyons of Salt Lake County”. In addition, Bill HB0488 and its subsequent amendments ensures more than $20 Million of taxpayer’s money is channeled into this fund each year starting in 2021.
The gondola proposal encountered significant public resistance, with 81% of comments submitted during the public comment period voicing opposition. A record breaking number of comments was submitted during the Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) public commenting period. Students for the Wasatch, with the help of other community groups, tallied the comments submitted to UDOT and found 81% of the comments opposed the gondola.
Utah legislators must act now to restore historical bus routes, enforce snow tires / traction requirements, implement permit parking, and variable operating hours.
The org is a coalition of members (organizations or individuals) that pushes back on the approach and decision of Utah’s Department of Transportation UDOT.
The gondola will cost at least $1.4 billion to build and will likely continue to lose money for decades to come. What it certainly will do is line the pockets of special interests.
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