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Dear Interested Agency, Organization, or Citizen:
Capitol Reef National Park is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposal to rehabilitate and resurface the Scenic Drive. The proposal is needed because the roadway surface has deteriorated with signs of shoving and rutting, as well as deteriorated pavement edges, potholes, and bleeding and cracking failures. The roadway would be rehabilitated and repaved with asphalt pavement or with chip-seal throughout its 8-mile length. From the intersection with State Route 24 (near the park Visitor Center) to the park fee station (1.7 miles), the existing pavement on the road would be pulverized and the roadway would be paved with asphalt. Between the fee station and the Capitol Gorge parking area (6.3 miles) the existing chip-seal pavement would be pulverized, and the roadway would be paved with a double chip-seal overlay.
Existing concrete low water crossings would be repaired or replaced in kind as needed. Cut and fill slope erosion and slumping along the roadway would also be repaired as needed. The Capitol Gorge parking area would be paved with asphalt pavement. Some existing minor parking areas and pullouts would be reconstructed and formalized. Vegetated areas disturbed by construction activities would be planted with native plants and seeds. Damaged and deteriorating culverts (historic and non-historic) would be repaired and/or reconstructed, and new culverts would be installed where needed.
Capitol Reef NP
HC 70, Box 15
Torrey, UT 84775
Capitol Reef National Park is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposal to rehabilitate and resurface the Scenic Drive. The proposal is needed because the roadway surface has deteriorated with signs of shoving and rutting, as well as deteriorated pavement edges, potholes, and bleeding and cracking failures. The roadway would be rehabilitated and repaved with asphalt pavement or with chip-seal throughout its 8-mile length. From the intersection with State Route 24 (near the park Visitor Center) to the park fee station (1.7 miles), the existing pavement on the road would be pulverized and the roadway would be paved with asphalt. Between the fee station and the Capitol Gorge parking area (6.3 miles) the existing chip-seal pavement would be pulverized, and the roadway would be paved with a double chip-seal overlay.
Existing concrete low water crossings would be repaired or replaced in kind as needed. Cut and fill slope erosion and slumping along the roadway would also be repaired as needed. The Capitol Gorge parking area would be paved with asphalt pavement. Some existing minor parking areas and pullouts would be reconstructed and formalized. Vegetated areas disturbed by construction activities would be planted with native plants and seeds. Damaged and deteriorating culverts (historic and non-historic) would be repaired and/or reconstructed, and new culverts would be installed where needed.
Contact Information
Albert J. Hendricks, SuperintendentCapitol Reef NP
HC 70, Box 15
Torrey, UT 84775