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Grand Canyon National Park
2009 Canyon View Information Plaza Road Construction Project
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| Aerial View of Mather Point on a busy day. |
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What is Taking Place ?
Major construction is now taking place on Visitor Improvements outlined in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan.
The improvements are addressing significant parking shortages which are causing resource degradation issues, safety risks due to pedestrian/vehicular conflicts at and around Mather Point, and difficulty accessing the Grand Canyon Visitor Center (Visitor Center) located at Canyon View Information Plaza (CVIP). List of the work to be done.
When is This Taking Place ?
Construction on Phase I of the project began May 1, 2009 and is expected to be completed by November 2009.
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How Will This Construction Effect My Visit ?
During the entire construction project, visitors will continue to have access to the Mather Point area, the park’s Visitor Center, and the Grand Canyon Association’s Books and More bookstore at CVIP.
The park’s accessible shuttle bus system will continue to stop at CVIP and parking will continue to be available in the CVIP area for commercial tour buses.
Intermittent traffic delays and some periodic vehicular and pedestrian detours can be expected during construction.
Alternate routes and parking locations will be signed accordingly; and the National Park Service will make every effort to provide advance notice of traffic changes to lessen any impacts to visitors.
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I want to know more details...
- I plan to visit before mid-August, 2009.
- I plan to visit between mid-August and November, 2009.
This part of the web page is not yet available.
Please check back soon, or you may read the May 1, 2009 for more details.
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Phase I - Improvements to be completed by Nov. 2009:
- realignment of the South Entrance Road to loop around CVIP to the south and west
- three new visitor parking lots with which will provide parking for up to 600 vehicles
- a new parking lot which will provide parking for 40 commercial tour buses
- a new shuttle bus staging area at the existing Visitor Center area transit pavilion
- improvements to manage storm water
- extensive revegetation of areas to be restored
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Did You Know?
The Grand Canyon is considered one of the natural wonders of the world largely because of its natural features. The exposed geologic strata, layer upon layer, rise over a mile above the river, representing one of the most complete records of geological history that can be seen anywhere in the world.
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Last Updated: May 05, 2009 at 14:13 EST |
