On the dusk‑lit grid of the Park City Municipal Corp’s council chambers, the Senate President J. Stuart Adams and Speaker Mike Schultz unwound a labyrinthine decree that had turned attorney‑hands into class‑B misdemeanor‑folders. With Governor Spencer Cox’s reluctant signature in February, House Bill 267 re‑packaged union bargaining into an ordinance that the Utah Education Association bitterly labeled “union‑busting.” The repeal, engineered by Rep. Jordan Teuscher and Sen. Kirk Cullimore, means the grievance filed by the Protect Utah Workers coalition—one that swelled to more than 320,000 ballot signatures—finally expires like the extended shoulder of SR‑224 in a snow‑drifted rush. Yet the process resembles a traffic jam of paperwork: a 10‑page petition, 3‑month signature drive, 1‑day vote, 2‑week pre‑emptive legal challenge. No work‑arounds surface; each legislative round creates additional detours, broadening the asphalt‑black slurry of uncertainty.
Recommendation: bypass the inevitable slowdown near the Gatehouse intersection by taking the Guardsman Pass over SR‑224, or better yet charter a private jet into Heber and return via the Ben Sage route.