Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly said Wednesday that park officials have found no “perfect alternative” as they move to replace a major entrance road that collapsed during a historic flood in June of 2022.
Outlining three preliminary options at a virtual public meeting, Sholly warned that constructing a new road will be costly.
And he said it must also be built to withstand the park’s shifting soil; avoid disrupting archaeological sites; protect the park’s teeming wildlife; and be resilient to earthquakes, rock slides, another big flood and the growing effects of climate change.
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“I wish there was an alternative that was perfect — there’s not,” Sholly said.
