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Yosemite National Park announces the release of the Replace Big Oak Flat Welcome Center Complex Environmental Assessment (EA). The public comment period for the EA is open until December 20, 2018. The EA describes and analyzes one action alternative to improve visitor experience, address deferred maintenance, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency at the Big Oak Flat Welcome Center Complex. The preferred alternative would:
- Construct a new welcome center to unify visitor services to replace the modular building and trailer that currently house these functions
- Construct a new adequately sized comfort station to replace the aging, undersized one
- Construct a plaza to connect the new welcome center and comfort station buildings, and house visitor orientation information
- Reconfigure the existing parking lot to decrease vehicle-pedestrian conflicts and reduce congestion
- Construct a small, unpaved staff parking area along Tuolumne Grove Road to reduce congestion
- Install a sewer to connect the welcome center complex to the Hodgdon community septic system and decommission the aging septic system currently serving the facilities
- Provide the option for the addition of a water tank and access road at a later date
Public participation is an important element of the planning process and we welcome your comments. Please share your written comments by December 20, 2018 via one of the following methods:
- Online (preferred method) through the Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website at: http://parkplanning.nps.
gov/BigOakFlatEntrance - You may also mail comments (post-marked by December 20, 2018) to:
Superintendent, Yosemite National Park
Attn: Big Oak Flat Welcome Center Complex
P.O. Box 577
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
Attn: Big Oak Flat Welcome Center Complex
P.O. Box 577
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
To request printed documents (available in limited quantity) call (209) 379-1221 or e-mail us. The park will review comments after the public comment period closes and draft a decision document after the conclusion of agency consultation. The final decision document is expected to be completed by February 2019.
Construction for the project is planned to begin fall 2019.
Last updated: November 27, 2018