Utah Transit Authority Depot District Cultural Resources Monitoring

The UTA contracted SWCA in July 2014 to write a cultural resources treatment plan, conduct cultural resources monitoring, and conduct mitigation documentation of 42SL718, an unanticipated discovery found during UTA’s Depot District Service Center construction project in Salt Lake County, Utah. Site 42SL718 is the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) maintenance facility. Through consultation among the UTA, Federal Transit Administration, and UTSHPO, it was determined that this site is eligible for the NRHP. It was determined further that construction activity at the location would adversely affect the historic D&RGW facility. Therefore, SWCA prepared a cultural resources treatment plan to develop measures to mitigate the adverse effects. The mitigation measures presented in the treatment plan include mitigation-level documentation, archaeological excavation, historical research, and public outreach.