After a season of cones, the drive down SR-224 from the White Pine Canyon Road turnoff is back to its winter shape. High Valley Transit says heavy construction on the Bobsled Express, its new bus rapid transit line between Kimball Junction and Old Town, is done for the year. Traffic control is coming off the corridor, and the multi-use trails that were detoured all summer are reopening. Crews may still work on local bus stops when the weather allows, and HVT says that work will not affect traffic.
Enjoy the open lanes while they last. HVT's own construction schedule says 2027 work starts by widening the southbound side of SR-224 between Bear Hollow Drive and White Pine Canyon Road. The project is now half built, and the pieces still to come are mostly in the Canyons area. For anyone coming and going through the Colony gate, that makes this winter an intermission.
What 2026 finished between Olympic Boulevard and Canyons Resort Drive
The northern part of the corridor had the busiest season. On segments 6 and 7, from Olympic Boulevard to Canyons Resort Drive, HVT lists this work as done:
- Major drainage lines and a new detention pond
- Water, fiber and utility meters moved out of the way
- A retaining wall taken down and rebuilt
- Upgraded intersections and signals at Old Ranch, Silver Springs Drive and Olympic Boulevard
- Construction started on the Bobsled and Cutter Lane BRT stations
- Upgrades started on the local bus stop at Olympic Boulevard
The Park Record reported on October 28 that the whole project is 50% complete and ahead of schedule. Road widening, median work, utility moves, trail upgrades and drainage are finished in four segments: SR-224 from Olympic Boulevard to Bear Hollow Drive, Silver Springs Road to Canyons Resort Drive, McPolin Barn to Holiday Ranch Loop Road, and the Park Avenue and Deer Valley Drive intersection. Some work near McPolin Barn wasn't scheduled until later. The contractor did it this year after finishing other jobs early.
That early progress shapes 2027. Finishing the outer segments first leaves a shorter list for next year, and most of that list is near the Colony.
The work left is mostly near Canyons Village
The Park Record put it as "only three pieces left to complete next year." HVT Chief Development Officer Gabriel Shields told the paper that crews still have two road-widening jobs, one in the Bear Hollow area and one between McPolin Barn and Kearns Boulevard, plus rebuilding medians near Canyons Village. All of that comes before the service launches in 2028.
| Remaining piece | Where | Distance from the Colony turnoff |
|---|---|---|
| Southbound widening | Bear Hollow Drive to White Pine Canyon Road | Ends at the turnoff |
| Median reconstruction | Near Canyons Village | The Canyons Village area |
| Northbound widening | McPolin Barn to Kearns Boulevard | Several miles south, toward town |
HVT also plans to build the BRT stations in 2027, with canopies, real-time arrival boards, lighting and landscaping. Two of the three remaining roadwork pieces sit at the Canyons end, and the widening between Bear Hollow and White Pine Canyon Road is the first item on HVT's 2027 list.
This stretch already had a preview. On May 6, crews moved traffic east between Bear Hollow Drive and White Pine Canyon Road and closed some right-turn lanes and sidewalks for a while, KPCW reported. The Canyons Resort stops near 7-Eleven also closed that day for construction. HVT first estimated about six weeks. A June 25 notice then kept the Canyons Resort Drive and Highway 224 stop closed through September 30 and sent riders to the Canyons Resort Park-and-Ride west of 7-Eleven. That six weeks turned into most of a summer, which is a fair warning about how long a closure near Canyons can last.
SR-224 this winter
With the barricades gone, the corridor is back to the bus service it had before. These are the HVT routes currently posted for the Canyons area:
Route 101, Spiro / 224 Local. Runs between Jeremy Ranch Park & Ride and Old Town through the Canyons Village Transit Hub. Buses come every 20 minutes, daily from 5:27 a.m. to 11:58 p.m.
Route 10X, The High Line. An express from Kimball Junction to Old Town that stops at the Canyons Village Transit Hub. Buses come every 20 minutes until 8 p.m., and the schedule gets less regular later in the evening.
Route 105, Canyons Village Shuttle. A loop every 20 minutes from 6 a.m. to 11:55 p.m. It serves the Canyons Village Transit Hub, Frostwood Village, Silverado Lodge, The Forum and The Pendry.
Two more winter dates matter for this corridor. Summit County's seasonal ban on parking on county roads began November 15 and runs through April 15 unless signs say otherwise. Cars that block plows can be towed at the owner's expense, TownLift reported. Closer to town, Park City Transit starts its new winter timetable on December 6. It adds 20-Tan trips so that route runs hourly instead of every two hours from 8 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m.
The trails are back too. During construction, HVT restricted the McLeod Creek trail on the east side of SR-224 from just north of Silver Springs Drive and Bear Hollow Drive to Canyons Resort Drive. Users of the Millennium Trail on the west side were sent along Bear Hollow Drive to Cooper Lane and the Frostwood Trail. HVT says those trails reopen for the winter. Its detour map covered the April-to-November 2026 season, so the same stretches near Bear Hollow are likely to see detours again once crews return.
What the Canyons end gets when it's done
The finished system explains why the Colony's stretch gets so much attention. The Bobsled Express, or "The Bob," is a roughly seven-mile line between the Kimball Junction Transit Center and the Old Town Transit Center. It is built for electric buses running every 10 to 15 minutes, seven days a week. HVT says rides will be free and expects service to start at the end of 2028. TownLift reported that it will replace today's 10X and is projected to make the Old Town to Kimball Junction trip in about 17 minutes.
The design is a hybrid. The northern part of the corridor gets bus-only lanes, and the southern part runs in regular traffic with signal priority. The new bus lanes will also carry HVT, Park City Transit and school buses. HVT names four new stations: Bobsled, Cutter, Thaynes and Snow Creek. Kimball Junction, Canyons Resort and Old Town get upgraded facilities. Several existing local stops are also on the upgrade list, including White Pine/Temple, Bear Hollow, Old Ranch, Canyons, Silver Springs and Olympic.
That means the stop that shares its name with the Colony's road is part of the project, and so is the Bear Hollow stop just up the highway. Next year's widening runs between those two names on the map.
Shields told the Park Record that construction should be "nearly complete" by the end of 2027 and that next summer should be calmer for Summit County residents. Countywide, that seems likely, since the outer segments are finished. At the Bear Hollow to White Pine Canyon Road stretch, spring 2027 is when HVT plans to start. HVT says work resumes in the spring of 2027, and anyone who wants notice before the cones come back can sign up for HVT's construction updates.
If you're planning a winter visit, or want to hear how next year's roadwork near the White Pine Canyon Road entrance may affect arrivals at the gate, The Colony at WPC can walk you through it in person. Schedule a Private Tour, and our team will set the drive in from Canyons around the corridor as it stands that day.
