Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will provide a combination of dedicated bus lanes and mixed-flow lanes that serve more than 10,000 people a day. Photo: High Valley Transit.

PARK CITY, Utah — High Valley Transit officials will present progress and updates to Park City Council on the new Bus Rapid Transit project along SR-224 on Thursday.

The first phase of the project is expected to be completed this October. Construction will then pause during the winter season and resume in April 2026. While construction is paused, HVT and the city council will finalize designs for the bus stops and surrounding infrastructure changes.

HVT anticipates that the bus capacity on day one of operation will be approximately 10,000 people, based on full buses every 15 minutes in both directions. The five year prediction ups that to over 15,000 based on increasing bus frequency to every 10 minutes.

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Based on HVT’s report, bus capacity during the Olympics will exceed 50,000 people each day with full buses running every 3 minutes in both directions.

Along with the BRT project, the Utah Department of Transportation is currently drafting an Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate improvements for the interchange at Kimball Junction and State Route 224, the primary route to Park City and its Olympic venues.

The project includes widening SR-224 by 10 feet between Kimball Junction and Thaynes Canyon Drive, installing new bus stations at Bobsled Blvd and Thaynes Canyon Drive, and implementing improvements at the Park Ave and Deer Valley Drive intersection.

A survey conducted by HVT shows that both Park City and Summit County residents think the project will be beneficial to the commuting workforce and the community as a whole.