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Your Sunday drive could take a little bit longer as a major road will be closed for part of the day today.

UDOT is opting to move forward with plans to add a gondola to Little Cottonwood Canyon, but not all Utahns are thrilled about the idea.

The Wasatch Front Regional Council voted to approve a massive long-term transportation plan Thursday that includes the proposed gondola.

Members of the Wasatch Front Regional Council approved 27-year regional transportation plan including a gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Due to the overwhelming popularity of Utah’s most iconic land feature, The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is proposing a gondola and/or four-lane highway (freeway) and ample parking right to Delicate Arch in Canyonlands National Park! 

Would a proposed gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon have helped during this winter’s avalanche control, interlodge closures? Learn more.

The Utah Department of Transportation says the gondola on Little Cottonwood Canyon could help people get off the canyon when the road is closed but ski resorts are open, but it would not run during any active artillery avalanche mitigation.

Utahns are divided over a proposal to build a gondola to take skiers to Snowbird and Alta. Some will do anything to cut the traffic, others want only to preserve the canyon.

The Utah Department of Transportation has proposed a gondola run up Little Cottonwood Canyon to reduce traffic. Students for the Wasatch, which opposes the gondola, invited students to learn more about the proposal and take action.

Dozens of residents like Sandra Reus have been vocalizing their opposition to the Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola for months.