GSMNP - Decides NO North Shore Road

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Announcement

North Shore Road Record of Decision Available for Review:

Date: January 16, 2008
Contact: Nancy Gray, (865) 436-1208

The National Park Service announced its Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the North Shore Road in December 2007 calling for a monetary settlement to Swain County, North Carolina. The Record of Decision is now available for review at the project’s website (.http://wwwnorthshoreroad.info/documents.htm) and several locations noted below: ...

LINK TO DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS”

“Thank goodness Heath Shuler was elected to Congress in NC. I think he and Lamar Alexander pretty much put this to bed.”

“woot woot woot!!!!!! woot woot woot!!!”

“About darned time.”

“dang, now how am i gonna get to see nature if a road don't take me to it?”

“Paddle.”

“Can't you guys make an argument about appeasement or something?


And if EarthNsky likes it there must be evil afoot.”

“APPEASEMENT?!?

oh Crap.   oh Dingdong.”

“Yeah appeasement, as in settlement with Swain County!!

Come on you guys, the socialists have done it again.

And what about the Enviro-Religionists??

There's something about 1943 in that story.......
WWII................HELLO!!”

“In 1978, the Park Service began providing transportation for cemetery decorations. In the 2004 fiscal year, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent nearly $34,000 to transport people to the cemetery decorations. This is to continue even after the cash settlement.””

“This is a hot issue in Bryson City. Some folks will never get over the fact the road isn't going to be built.”

“win win...we keep the woods as woods, the locals get their road..... (TIC here...)”

“Access to the graves are the issue a tunnel want get that done.”

“The tunnel could have a plexiglass ceiling and they could view from below.”

“Tunnel under the lake..... cool.”

“oh lordy don't give them any ideas!”

“At $34,000 per year, the NPS can shuttle for the next millineum and still be better off financially as opposed to trying to build a road across that terrain.”