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City and LDS Church outline temporary downtown street closures for 2027 Temple reopening; council presses for detailed traffic and neighborhood plans
Summary
City staff and Church representatives outlined proposed fenced street closures downtown for the 2027 Salt Lake Temple reopening, estimating roughly 22,000 daily visitors and about $2.3 million in city lease/fee revenue; council members pressed staff on emergency access, transit, parking and neighborhood impacts and requested more frequent community outreach and interagency coordination.
Salt Lake City staff and representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told the City Council on Wednesday that they are planning temporary street closures and fenced perimeters in downtown Salt Lake for the planned 2027 reopening of the Salt Lake Temple, and that the city must adopt an ordinance and hold a public hearing to authorize non-construction closures.
"There is a state statute that requires that the city council adopt an ordinance approving any street closure for non construction purposes, and there are noticing requirements and a public hearing that must go along with that city council action," Tammy Hunsicker, the city's director of community and neighborhoods, said in the briefing, explaining the legal steps the council will consider.
Hunsicker described the proposed closures as including North Temple from Main…
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