Re: Yosemite National Park may limit visitors this summer due to major construction projects

Yosemite National Park may limit visitors this summer due to major construction projects
Multiple road, trail, campground projects could cause gridlock, park officials worry.

By PAUL ROGERS | progers@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
January 20, 2022 at 4:57 p.m.

Concerned about nightmarish traffic jams at Yosemite National Park from more than half a dozen major new construction projects, park leaders are drawing up plans that could limit the number of visitors this summer by requiring reservations for day visits.

“This summer is going to be a crazy construction season in Yosemite like you have never seen before,” Yosemite Superintendent Cicely Muldoon told a group of local elected officials and tourism leaders at a meeting late last week. “Bring your hard hats.”

Many of the projects — major road repairs and extensive upgrades to aging campgrounds — have been on the park’s wish list for decades. But funding is available now because Congress passed a landmark law in 2020, the Great American Outdoors Act, providing billions for repairs and upgrades at America’s national parks.

Muldoon told the Yosemite Gateway Partnership that parks planners will know the details of a new reservation system in a few weeks.


https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/20/yosemite-considering-limiting-visits-this-summer-due-to-major-construction-projects/

I wonder if the funds are a use it or lose it thing. If not, they should spread out the projects over a few years.

I think they are, Tom. The schedules I've seen are for this work to be done over the next three years or so. But given the short working season in the mountains, there's no way to get work done when tourists don't want to visit.

At least the work is getting done. And in a few years, things should be a lot better all the way around.

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