Rehabilitation of Park Routes and Parking Lots

As the site of the famous winter encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, Valley Forge National Historical Park (NHP) provides a wide variety of opportunities for visitors and is host to many notable cultural and natural resources. To enhance the visitor experience at Valley Forge NHP, the National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is proposing several circulation improvements within the park. The proposed improvements include constructing a new connector road for park-sponsored tour buses between Inner Line Drive and Outer Line Drive and overlaying and/or rehabilitating Inner Line Drive and Redoubt 4 Road, including pull offs, parking lots, and drainage improvements. Conway's and Huntington's Overlook parking lots would also be completely removed, along with Washington's upper parking lot A and Tower Road and its parking lot. Artillery Park parking lot and Redoubt 3 parking lot would be reconfigured as would circulation at the Von Steuben parking lot. Implementing the preferred alternative would have negligible to moderate, beneficial impacts on soils, vegetation, cultural landscapes, site access and circulation, visitor use and experience, infrastructure, and operations. It would also have a negligible, adverse impact on historic structures. This document will be used for compliance with both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended.

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