Roadwork planned at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) – Visitors to Yellowstone

National Park can expect traffic delays at Grand Canyon of the

Yellowstone starting next week.

     Work to repave the road out to Artist Point is scheduled to

begin Tuesday.

     Yellowstone officials say visitors can expect delays up to 30

minutes while the road is repaved. Some temporary road closures

also will be necessary.

     The road will be closed between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. each night

next Wednesday through Friday. The road also will be closed between

noon and 8 p.m. Sept. 13-16.

     The work is scheduled to be done by late September, weather

permitting. The work won’t affect traffic on the canyon’s north

side.