Park City officials are continuing to study a busy stretch of S.R. 224 in an attempt to better manage the various modes of transportation that people use on the state highway.
The section of S.R. 224 that Park City is researching runs from the intersection at Thaynes Canyon Drive to the intersection of Bonanza Drive. The stretch of road is the key route in and out of Park City for people headed to and from the western portions of the Snyderville Basin and people driving between the Salt Lake Valley and Park City.
Kent Cashel, who is the transit and transportation manager for City Hall, said leaders are studying traffic as well as pedestrians and bicyclists who use S.R. 224 between the two intersections. The study is also looking at public transit along the corridor, he said.
The stretch of road is a “challenge for all the different modes,” Cashel said.
Some of the ideas that could someday be considered include:
Another idea, Cashel said, is to build pedestrian-bicyclist tunnels at several locations, including at the Kearns Boulevard-Park Avenue intersection and the Empire Avenue-Park Avenue intersection.
A third spot that could be considered for a pedestrian-bicyclist tunnel is Park Avenue outside Holiday Village, where a pedestrian-activated signal now exists to make it easier for people to cross, Cashel said.
Park City has scheduled a meeting to gather public input about the ideas. It is scheduled on Tuesday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the Park City Council chambers at the Marsac Building.
People will be able to look at maps and exhibits between during the first half-hour. A team of consultants hired by City Hall will make a presentation starting at 5:30 p.m. A question-and-answer session is planned. The audience, meanwhile, will be asked to vote on a number of options via keypads that the organizers will provide.
S.R. 224 falls under the jurisdiction of the Utah Department of Transportation, and any improvements sought by City Hall would need to be endorsed by the state.