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ECONOMIC AND ENGINEERING
FEASIBILITY
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ECONOMIC AND ENGINEERING
FEASIBILITY
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| It is not enough for the Bright Angel valley to be historically valuable
and aesthetically pleasing. The valley and the businesses and towns
in it must also be economically viable; and any construction that is called
for must be practical to carry out. These things will determine how
attractive the project is to the land-managing government agencies, and
also how attractive a prospect it will be to people who are considering
construction there.
We are still working on these issues, but have written on the following three topics as provisional answers. While not yet definitive, these studies do suggest that the valley, under a variety of reasonable assumptions, is likely to pay for itself: 1. Preliminary study of the economic feasibility of the frontier area. 2. Alternative preliminary study, conducted by a different person and with a different methodology, but reaching generally similar conclusions. 3. Plan for more detailed future research. This research
will consider economic, engineering, and planning issues in more depth
than we have achieved so far. It is designed to serve two purposes
in particular: (1) to produce a more definitive version of the economic
feasibility studies listed above; and (2) to produce a fuller version of
the place-specific plan for Nye County that is set out elsewhere on the
website, with attention to the engineering, historical, and environmental
considerations specific to the valleys in the northern part of the county.
Please contact us if you would like copies of any of these documents.
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