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20-Year Transportation Plan Published By NPS Addresses Washington National Parks
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The National Park Services' website.
The National Park Service has published a Long-Range Transportation Plan for parks in the Greater Washington area. The 20-year plan establishes a vision for equitable and safe access to iconic visitor experiences while protecting parks’ history, beauty and nature.
According to a press release, the plan identifies transportation funding needs totaling more than $86 million annually with a projected annual transportation budget for Greater Washington area national parks of $36.5 million. The plan considers park visitor experience and resource protection, consistent with the NPS mission, and sets performance measures to track progress on traditional transportation issues such as asset management, financial sustainability and safety. In 2015, there were over 1,500 NPS transportation assets in the National Capital Region. These assets include roads, paved multi-use trails, bridges, tunnels, parking areas and marinas. The investment strategy developed in the plan, focuses on three main components: fund highest priority assets first, align capital and operations and maintenance investments, and invest in new assets.
More on NPS's strategy and a full look at the published plan, go here.
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