Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Road and Facility Improvements (U.S. National Park Service)

In spring and early summer of 2010 over $44,000,000 worth of improvements will be made to park roads and facilities. Funding for the projects has become available from a combination of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act along with previously-authorized Federal Lands Highway Program funds, partner construction monies, and annual cyclic and repair/rehabilitation funds.

The following park roadways will be re-surfaced and, in some cases, rebuilt using $24.6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA):

• Clingmans Dome Road
• Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and Cherokee Orchard Road
• Cosby Campground
• The Sinks Parking Area

In addition to the ARRA-funded work, the following projects will be undertaken using $19.4 million from the Federal Lands Highway Program:

• Cades Cove Loop Road
• Foothills Parkway West
• Gatlinburg Bypass and Newfound Gap Road from the Gatlinburg boundary to the Sugarlands Visitor Center
• Newfound Gap Road from Collins Creek Picnic Area to Cherokee, NC

For more information and maps… Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Road and Facility Improvements (U.S. National Park Service).