Your comments are needed Dear Friends of Fletchers Cove Supporters, The National Park Service has recently announced an exciting new project for the Fletchers Boathouse area that will vastly improve vehicular and pedestrian access to the park. According to NPS, "the purpose of the proposed project is to provide more direct and safer transportation connections between Canal Road and Fletchers Boathouse, the C&O Canal towpath, and the Capital Crescent Trail." Friends of Fletchers Cove welcomes this effort because a safe way to enter the park at all times, with or without private watercraft, is critical to preserving and improving public access to the Potomac River. While this project, if carried through to completion, will improve the visitor experience at Fletchers, FFC is also encouraging NPS to include plans to address the worsening sedimentation in the Cove. In accordance with our FFC Vision and Mission Statements, we urge the National Park Service to incorporate efforts currently underway to save Potomac access with the traffic improvement project. A more comprehensive plan for Fletchers Cove would have as its goal safe and enduring public access to the park and to all activities, including water recreation on the river. Improved movement within the Fletchers site must include sustainable river access points. Visit the NPS Fletchers Boathouse Scoping Boards website to download the transportation upgrades presentation. You will be reviewing alternatives prepared for the Environmental Assessment phase of the project, with the Section 106 (National Historic Preservation Act) process still to come. It is very important for FFC supporters to participate in this public outreach by submitting individual comments and entering "FFC" in the organization line on the comment form. Please ask NPS to include planning and funding for efforts to preserve the Cove as an access point to the Potomac River. The new deadline for comments is May 29, 2019. Thank you for your continued support for Friends of Fletchers Cove. | | | |
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