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Creation of New Parking Pull-off and Wayside Exhibit at Saunders Field
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The park proposes to install a new paved parking pull-off approximately two hundred yards farther down Hill-Ewell Drive from the current location. A new 5 foot wide rubberized mulch trail will run for 140 feet, from the new parking pull-off and across the edge of the field to just behind the Confederate earthworks, where a panoramic view of the field is obtained. At this location, two interpretive wayside exhibit signs will be installed.
At the old pull-off, the wooden foot bridge will be removed, as will the rubberized mulch trail that leads to it. This will remove a visual intrusion from the earthworks and the field. The paved parking pull-off will remain, to serve the monument, compass pedestal and state historic marker.
Under the guidelines of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, FRSP is soliticing public comments on this project. Written comments, either through this website or via postal letter, will be accepted only during the 30 day public review period.
Contact Information
Eric J. MinkHistorian and Cultural Resources Manager
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP
120 Chatham Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
Eric_Mink@nps.gov