Letter: Widening Emigration Canyon — like numerous perplexing projects in and around Salt Lake City — is a bad idea

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cyclist in Emigration Canyon on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cyclist in Emigration Canyon on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026.

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