Inc. If all goes well with those negotiations, he said, work on the project might resume. If it does, he expects it could be finished in as few as six weeks. Jewitt denied the work stoppage was due to a lack of funds or cost over-runs. All the mechanical construction of the gondola ride is now complete and operational. Three bores have been drilled down through the rock for utilities to serve the upper terminal.
All work requiring the use of a helicopter is finished.
Jewitt says the work stoppage on the tramway is temporary. But during county council public hearings on the project, Moab residents wanted assurance that if the project fails, enough money would be available to remove all trace of development from the highly visible cliffs at the gateway to town. But the resolution uses vague language to specify what constitutes financial failure. When asked how her office might apply that clause if the tram was not completed, planning office secretary Mary Hofhine said she was not certain. Whitney added that the tramway's current building permit expires in about five months, but is renewable.