SALT LAKE CITY-Because of the ongoing renovation on Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, the Main Street Plaza connecting North and South Temple will be closing April 11, 2022 for additional renovation and landscaping.

It will be closed through the fall of 2023.

Crews will now:

inspect and repair the plaza deck

update the waterproofing system

refurbish the north and south entry fountains

install a larger reflecting pool in the center

refreshing the landscape design to better integrate the Main Street plaza with the Church Office Building plaza and the Salt Lake temple grounds.

As pertaining to the Salt Lake temple itself, the main renovation work continues.

The area where the North Visitors Center had previously been located is now being refilled with soil to build up a level surface for the future construction of additional restrooms to support events in the Tabernacle and Assembly Hall.

A new water well shall also be drilled in the area.

In early March, a fourth concrete wall was completed. This is part of the bottom floor of the North Temple addition. The new footing is 42 inches thick and heavily reinforced with steel.

The construction of shear walls and columns to support upper floors has also begun.

On the Church Office Building plaza, snow melt conduits are being placed underneath where walkways are to be poured with concrete.