Park City leaders and a consultant studying the city’s road network compiled a list of options involving reconfigured streets or the construction of new ones. Matt Cassel, the Park City engineer, cautions that the options should be considered ideas. No timelines have been forecast and funding has not been set aside.

Some of the ideas presented at a spring open house include:

  • connecting the Snow Park area to U.S. 40 through either a tunnel or a road, something that would be expected to cut traffic on the S.R. 248 entryway but increase the number of drivers in lower Deer Valley. A road is estimated to cost $5 million while a tunnel is pegged at an estimated $68 million.
  • connecting Park City to Wasatch County with an all-year road over Guardsman Pass. The pass is now closed during the winter. Opening a road throughout the year would likely encounter resistance in Old Town. An all-year road is anticipated to cost between $1.7 million and $2.2 million.
  • connecting Meadows Drive to Interstate 80 with a new north-south road, something that is estimated to cost between $6.5 million and $40 million. The route would pass through the Snyderville Basin close to the eastern end of Old Ranch Road. People in Park Meadows might enjoy the more direct route to the interstate, but there could be more traffic attracted to that neighborhood as well.
  • rerouting S.R. 224 to the edge of the Bonanza Park district, to Kearns Boulevard and then back to what is now the stretch of S.R. 224 frequently referred to as Park Avenue. The work is estimated to cost between $15 million and $20 million. The Bonanza Park developers could see a rerouting as advantageous for future business. Others with businesses on Park Avenue might wonder whether potential customers would be funneled away from them.
  • building a new road between Kearns Boulevard and Deer Valley Drive traveling through the Bonanza Park district. The road is estimated to cost between $4 million and $6 million. The Bonanza Park developers could see the option as advantageous for the long-term prospects of the district.