Undaunted by two Bodaway/Gap Chapter resolutions against their proposed development at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers, Confluence Partners LLC last week unveiled a master plan for their proposed $120 million resort and tramway.
Representatives of the group, including State Sen. Albert Hale, D-Window Rock, who is serving as spokesman for the group, say the project would provide up to 2,000 jobs and bring in an estimated $50 million to $95 million annually to the Navajo Nation.
The plan for the “Grand Canyon Escalade” is scaled down from the initial sketch signed off on by President Ben Shelly in a memorandum of understanding last year, which covered 5,000 acres, but would cover about 420 acres.
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