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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 20-22, 2018 The Park Record City Beat CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649–9014 EXT. 111 | citynews@parkrecord.com Complaints on roads persist Police anticipate S.R. 224 tensions will continue JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department last week received complaints about issues on the roads, continuing a series of cases involving problems on streets, but it did not appear from public police logs that the incidents were reported as road rage like some of the earlier episodes. There have been tensions on the roads in recent weeks as summer tourism crowds started to increase as the Utah Department of Transportation continued a major repaving of part of the S.R. 224 entryway. The police have said the roadwork might have exacerbated the is- sues on other streets as well as the state highway itself. The cases reported last week included: • on Sunday, June 17 at 8:51 p.m., the police were told a driver was making a turn from S.R. 224 onto Meadows Drive when another person, driving inbound, cut through a turning lane to beat the person to the spot. The person who contacted the police said they had to slam on the brakes and skid sideways to avoid a collision. • on Saturday, June 16 at 9:23 a.m., someone reported they were yelled at for driving on a road in the vicinity of the intersection of S.R. 224 and Meadows Drive. The driver told the police the other person claimed the road was a private drive. • on Wednesday, June 13 at 3:53 p.m., the police were told traffic was backed up for two miles on S.R. 224. The person who contacted the Police Department wanted an officer to respond to the area. • on June 13 at 3:47 p.m., the police received a complaint about backed-up traffic on U.S. 40. The line of vehicles stretched for at least a mile, the police were told. The person told the police there was little movement through four cycles of a traffic light. • at 3:32 p.m. on June 13, someone told the police there had been drivers speeding on Homestake Road. The person said they had almost been hit three times in less than a week, according to department logs. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said there are frustrated drivers in Park City as a result of the roadwork on S.R. 224. He anticipates the complaints will continue, noting Park City’s tourism industry becomes busier at this time of the summer as the temperatures rise. “The longer it goes on, the more likelihood of frustration,” Kirk said. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Dogs seen chasing a moose The authorities continue to field wildlife reports JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Two dogs were seen chasing a moose in Park City on Sunday, the Park City Police Department said, a case that continued a string of wildlife reports in the city but one that is unusual since it involved pets as well. The Police Department logged the report at a little bit before 10 a.m. at the intersection of Little Kate Road and Holiday Ranch Loop Road, two important Park Meadows streets. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said the police were told a yellow Labrador and another dog of unknown breed were chasing the moose. The moose fled into nearby woods, the police were told. Kirk said the homeowner retrieved the dogs. The Police Department did not immediately have details, and it was unclear who contacted the authorities. Moose sightings occur across Park City, but the Little Kate Road-Holiday Ranch Loop Road intersection is in an especially densely packed part of the community surrounded by Park Meadows. The location is a short distance from the Park City Municipal Athletic & Recreation Center. Some of the other wildlife cases reported last week included: • on Sunday at 9:21 p.m., a moose was seen at or close to the intersection of Park Avenue and Snow Creek Drive. • on Saturday, a driver hit a deer on S.R. 248 at 9:31 p.m. The driver did not suffer injuries and the airbags were not triggered. The police were told the deer was injured and seen in the brush. • on Wednesday at 8:46 p.m., a moose was seen “wandering around” along Holiday Ranch Loop Road. The person who contacted the police was worried the animal might have been hurt. The recent stretch of wildlife reports has extended since the spring and has included a bear sighting on a street off Royal Street, an elk herd off S.R. 224 and a mountain lion off S.R. 248. 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