Public Comment Period Now Closed

Draft update to the shuttle option outlined in the 2012 Mill Creek Canyon Transportation Feasibility Study is available, and the Central Wasatch Commission is accepting public comments now, Thursday, October 2, 2025, through Thursday, October 16, 2025. 

A Mill Creek Canyon shuttle has been part of the Mountain Accord vision from the beginning, and the CWC has never lost sight of that. In particular, the Stakeholders Council’s Millcreek Canyon Committee has worked tirelessly to keep the shuttle concept front of mind for the CWC. In keeping with the goals of the Mountain Accord Charter, the shuttle would help maintain a quality user experience and preserve vegetation and wildlife through a reduction of canyon vehicular presence—so that the four systems (environment, transportation, recreation, and economy) identified in the Mountain Accord remain in balance.

This study is an update to a section of the 2012 Mill Creek Canyon Transportation Study, which identified a shuttle as one potential transit solution for the canyon. Because upper Mill Creek Canyon is closed for construction through fall 2026—resulting in a temporary loss of many parking spaces—the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (UWCNF) began considering a shuttle program to service the lower canyon. UWCNF approached the CWC to research and develop a proposal to assess the current feasibility of a shuttle program that could begin during construction and adapt as the improved and widened road reopens. This updated study sought to address the UWCNF‘s outstanding questions about the shuttle option: cost and parking locations. Beginning in June, 2025, Fehr & Peers, a Salt Lake City-based transportation planning firm conducted the update to the study.

During the scoping phase earlier this summer, the CWC opened a 30-day comment period and received 375 responses. Patrons of the canyon weighed in with their shuttle preferences: convenience, bike, ski, dog, and picnicking accommodations, year-round availability, and short wait times, among other things. The information gathered from these comments has been incorporated into the report draft, where feasible. 

To determine the feasibility of a Mill Creek Canyon Shuttle, these analyses were performed:

• Review of past studies and existing conditions.
• Calculations of parking demand.
• Scoping of possible staging areas for shuttle operation.
• Shuttle operations’ impact on recreation fees.
• Estimation of operation costs and the creation of a shuttle service plan.

See the report draft here: https://cwc.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mill-Creek-Shuttle-Feasibility-Study-Report-DRAFT-v2-1.pdf

The CWC is currently accepting comments on the draft update to the shuttle portion of the 2012 Mill Creek Canyon Feasibility Study now, Thursday, October 2, 2025, through Thursday, October 16, 2025.

There are four ways to comment:

• Send us an email: comments@cwc.utah.gov
• Call us during business hours: (435) 650-0614 (leave a voicemail if need be)
• Fill out our comment form below.
• Mail a comment to:
  Central Wasatch Commission
  311 S. State St., Ste. 330
  Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Your comments will help us draft the final update to the shuttle portion of the 2012 Transportation Feasibility Study. Not all recommendations will be possible, but all will be considered.