On Jan. 24 I was in one of hundreds of cars stuck in Big Cottonwood Canyon because tow trucks were working to recover two cars that went off the road.
I fully understand the need to close the canyon while accident victims were tended to, but question the decision to keep the canyon closed for many hours while the vehicles were extricated from the river bank.
To my way of thinking, trying to avoid having hundreds of cars spewing exhaust in the canyon, keeping hundreds of people from food, water and bathrooms and increasing the danger of more accidents as anxious people speed down the canyon in the dark after it opens, should take precedence over removing empty , trashed vehicles.
I would love to hear the rationale for the decision from those who made it, but at this point I strongly recommend that next time the needs of the many take priority.
Richard Steiner, Salt Lake City
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