Expand Existing Transit Maintenance Facility Environmental Assessment

The National Park Service has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for expansion of the park's existing transit maintenance facility. Expansion of the transit maintenance facility is consistent with the 2010 General Management Plan for the park, as well as the 2012 Alternative Transportation Systems Plan, which, when implemented will expand the transportation system in the park.

The transit maintenance facility was constructed in 1992 and is generally in poor condition. The facility does not meet current industry safety standards and building codes or the park's existing and future transit maintenance needs. Although the facility was originally designed as a parking facility for buses, the building currently serves as both a bus storage and maintenance facility. Thus the facility needs be expanded and improved to meet the increased demands on the transportation fleet and to be fully functional as a bus garage, storage area, fuel depot, and an employee work place. Proposed site work would take place on 3 to 3.5 acres.

In the EA, the NPS has evaluated a number of options for the proposed action. A no-action alternative (Alternative A) and an action alternative, the proposed expansion of the existing transit maintenance facility (Alternative B), were examined. The NPS has chosen Alternative B, the action alternative, as the preferred alternative. The EA provides a description of these alternatives and their associated potential impacts on the environment.

You can view or download a copy of the EA from this website or review a hard copy of the EA at the following locations, in addition to the Harpers Ferry Town Hall:

Bolivar-Harpers Ferry Public Library
151 Polk Street
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Harpers Ferry Historical Park
485 Fillmore Street
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Document Content:

Transit Maintenance Facility EA   (3.9 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.