Road construction at Zion National Park to shut down east entrance on weekdays until Oct. 28

Road work at Zion park to close east entrance

SALT LAKE CITY — Major road work starting June 7 will shut down Zion National Park’s east entrance at times.

The national park says the Mount Carmel Junction Road will be closed weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Oct. 28.

It’s the first major reconstruction since state Route 9 was built in 1930.

The $6 million federally funded project will involve milling and grading the roadway down to its original elevation, compacting the road base, shoring up the historic retaining walls, providing drainage for groundwater and repaving.

Zion park, meanwhile, was planning the first in a series of prescribed burns late Tuesday to rid areas of cheatgrass and other exotic weeds. The burns are planned for small plots of three to 20 acres.

Online:

www.nps.gov/zion/parkmgmt/road-construction.htm