Christo Colorado River Project Approved

“Proponents say it will generate $121 million in economic activity and draw 400,000 visitors. Some locals fume, referring to the silvery canopies as rags and citing concerns about traffic delays on narrow U.S. 50 for the nearly two years of construction required by the project. The Bureau of Land Management received more than 4,500 public comments in the past three years as it analyzed Christo’s proposal.”