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tanya
10-08-2006, 07:54 AM
A large unstable section of cliff near the east end of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel, on the main highway through Zion National Park, will be blasted Monday and Tuesday nights. The road will be closed from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on these two nights.
The closure will be between Canyon Junction and the east entrance of the park. No traffic of any kind will be allowed in the area during the closure periods and motorists will need to take an alternate route.


The blasting is part of a road rehabilitation project that began on Sept. 5. The project is a cooperative effort between the National Park Service and the Federal Highway Administration-Central Federal Lands Highway Division.

Superintendent Jock Whitworth explains,