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News Release Date: July 22, 2024
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A virtual public meeting about the EA and the proposed action will be held July 30, 2024 at 5 p.m. EDT. The meeting will include a presentation about the overview of the project and give time for the public to ask questions.
To read the EA, learn more about the proposed Foothills Parkway Section 8D project, and to provide comments, please visit the NPS planning website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/Section8D.
Virtual Meeting
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 5 p.m. EDT.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81716917396
Please join a few minutes early to test your connectivity.
How to comment
The NPS will accept public comments on the EA and the project’s potential impacts from July 22, 2024 through August 21, 2024. The preferred manner for providing comments is via an online form through the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website, used by the agency to manage official correspondence and analyze public comment in the planning process. From the project website (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/Section8D) navigate the menu on the left-hand side of the page to “Open for Comment,” then open the “Section 8D” folder. Background materials are at the site, and the green “Comment Now” button links to the online form.
Comments can also be submitted in writing and postmarked by August 21 to:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
ATTN: Foothills Parkway 8D
107 Park Headquarters Rd, Gatlinburg, TN 37738.
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Last updated: July 22, 2024