News Release

Mesa Verde National Park Invites Public Comment on the Mesa Top Loop Roads

Date: December 30, 2019
Contact: Cristy Brown, 970-529-4608

The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering a project, which would rehabilitate Mesa Top Loop, Cliff Palace Loop and Sun Temple Loop roads, improve physical accessibility at adjacent overlooks, improve sidewalks and parking areas, replace the current Visitor and Research Center intersection, and possibly widen the two-way sections of Mesa Top Loop and Sun Temple Loop roads to accommodate a bike lane.
 
As part of this process, we are initiating a 30-day comment period on the preliminary concepts. You are encouraged to share your observations, concerns, and ideas about the information presented in a newsletter posted online to help us focus the concepts on significant issues in the park. The newsletter is available at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/MEVE. The information obtained during this public comment period will be used to refine the concepts, identify issues, and ensure that we have the information needed to move forward in the planning process.
 
More opportunities for public comment will be available during this planning process. Once we have refined a range of alternatives with public input, we will begin the second phase of planning. We will initiate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and prepare an appropriate NEPA document.
 
Public participation is an important element of the planning process and we welcome your ideas, concerns, issues, suggestions, and potential topics for consideration as we refine the concepts. Please share your comments no later than January 30, 2020 online through the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/MEVE.
 
We look forward to hearing your ideas and comments.

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