National Parks

Paterson Press - Mon October 28, 2024

Paterson, N.J., Officials Approve $1.1M in Funding to Replace Iconic Footbridge at Great Falls

More than three years after the iconic footbridge at Paterson, N.J.'s Great Falls was closed for safety reasons, city officials on Oct. 21 approved a $1.14 million contract to replace the structure....

Penobscot Bay Pilot - Mon June 12, 2023

Work Begins On New Acadia Gateway Center for National Park in Coastal Maine

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) in late May joined with local, state and federal partners from both the public and private sectors to celebrate the beginning of construction on the new Acadia Gateway Center in Trenton....

Federal Highway Administration - Mon August 29, 2022

Long Stretch of Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway to Get $54.3M in Upgrades

An 83-mi.-long stretch of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi will get much-needed safety improvements after the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $54.3 million grant to the National Park Service (NPS) for the work....

National Park Service & WHTM-TV - Wed August 03, 2022

Rehab Work Happening at Key Sites Within Pa.'s Gettysburg National Battlefield

Pennsylvania's Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP), site of the Civil War's most decisive battle in 1863, currently is undergoing upgrades at two key locations to improve wear and tear from years of being a popular historical destination....

Mainebiz - Mon October 05, 2020

Acadia Gateway Center's $23M Phase 2 Construction Set for 2021

The National Park Service (NPS) is poised to start the second phase of construction of its Acadia Gateway Center, on Route 3 in Trenton, Maine, due to a $9 million infusion of cash from the federal government....

Associated Press - Wed July 25, 2018

Site Work Begins for Oil Refinery Near National Park

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Meridian Energy Group said Tuesday that it has begun site work for an oil refinery about 3 mi. from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota, though the project still faces hurdles, including a lawsuit by environmental groups....

The Associated Press - Thu March 08, 2018

China to Build Massive $1.5B Panda Conservation Area

BEIJING (AP) — The Bank of China has pledged at least 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) to create a massive giant panda conservation park in southwestern Sichuan province, the forestry ministry said March 8....

Wed July 26, 2017

Feds to Give $50M to National Parks for Infrastructure Projects

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Colorado Senator Cory Gardner announced on July 22 that the National Park Service is teaming up with partners across the nation to distribute nearly $50 million in high priority maintenance and infrastructure projects at 42 parks in 29 states....

Chuck Harvey - Wed May 10, 2017

Work Under Way on $15M Project in Arches National Park

Work is under way on a $15 million project to reconstruct all paved roads and pullouts in Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. Construction spans 26 mi. of roadway. Campground roads, housing roads and parking lots would not typically be part of reconstruction work, but additional funding has been secured to reconstruct the Devils Garden campground road, the residence road and the maintenance yard parking area....