Environmental Assessment - Bonnie Clare Road Reconstruction

The National Park Service at Death Valley National Park is accepting comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing a proposal to reconstruct Bonnie Clare Road, from milepost 0.0 to milepost 7.7. Also included in this proposal is the reconstruction of Grapevine Ranger Station parking lot and sidewalks, and the resurfacing of Mesquite Spring Campground Road from milepost 0.0 to milepost 1.9.

An analysis of two alternatives and their potential impacts to the environment and Death Valley National Park resources are presented in the EA—a no action alternative and the Park's preferred alternative.

The Park's preferred alternative includes removal of the existing, deteriorating asphalt on Bonnie Clare Road, and the placement of a new aggregate base course and new hot asphalt concrete pavement along Bonnie Clare Road from milepost 0.0 to milepost 7.7, from the Death Valley National Park boundary at the California/Nevada state line to the junction of Ubehebe Crater Road and approximately 100 feet past the Grapevine Ranger Station.

The purpose of this proposed road reconstruction and resurfacing is to address extensive deterioration of the road surfaces and areas of the road surface containing ruts and pavement cracks, and to improve visitor safety. The proposed road alignment would use the existing alignment of the straight road segments, but would be modified at many of the curves to provide the needed lane width and radius for buses and large recreational vehicles to remain in one lane while traveling through the curves. The roadway vertical profile would remain unchanged for the majority of the project length in order to maintain the historic character of Bonnie Clare Road.

Document Content:

Bonnie Clare Road Reconstruction Environmental Assessment   (6.8 MB, PDF file) Bonnie Clare Road Reconstruction Vol. 2 Appendices   (9.1 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.