The Issues

According to Christo's own website, the project will be a 3-year disruption during construction and removal, requiring lane closures and more. This is not simply the 2-week "inconvenience" as pitched to the media, politicians, and the permitting agencies.

Other issues which have not been resolved are:

• Disruption of wildlife and interference with their watering, feeding, breeding, etc.
• Destruction of the environment.
• Police, Fire and Ambulance response impeded due to congestion/multiple vehicle accidents.
• Inability of thousands of local residents to work or to obtain food, potable water, mail, medical and veterinary care.
• Disruption of our usual tourist and local recreation opportunities.
• Negative economic impacts to those whose living depends on traversing the canyon.
• Greatly increased danger for multiple casualty accidents due to people gawking, slowing, stopping, photographing the project.
• Garbage and human waste left by crowds of onlookers.

See photo documentation of some of these issues, plus a sample of the destruction from one of Christo's previous projects.

For more information on these and even more issues, contact us and we will send you a complete treatise of the problems this project will cause.

How to find out more

Check our News and Events and Docs & Pics pages.

Read our Blog for status, announcements, upcoming events, and more.

Visit Christo's website to see his proposed design and calendar for the project.
Then read our Point-by-Point analysis. (MS Word Document)

Presentation to the Citizens Task Force, July 18, 2006. (MS Word Document)

How to get involved

• Join ROAR.
• Contact us.