UDOT launches $264.5 million plan to battle traffic in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Improvements will bring expanded bus service and winter tolls — and dodge a gondola debate like the one in Little Cottonwood.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Traffic at a standstill in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Traffic at a standstill in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023.

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