The largest placement of concrete in the Salt Lake Temple renovation project is underway.
Salt Lake Temple renovation projectMore than 150 ready-mix concrete trucks were scheduled to begin rolling onto Temple Square just after midnight on Tuesday, a process expected to take 10 hours, according to a bulletin sent to downtown leaders and businesses.
The concrete being poured Tuesday is going into the basement and around the exterior of the tower and will become the lower footings of a new seismic foundation that is intended to protect the historic pioneer temple from future earthquakes, the church bulletin said. President Nelson announced the project in 2019 and said the church would hold an open house for the temple once the renovation was complete. It will mark the first time the general public will have been able to enter the temple since its original dedication in 1893.closed in the final days of 2019
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