Rehabilitation of Valley Forge National Historical Park Routes and Parking Lots

Phase I:  Complete

- Rehabilitating Inner Line Drive and Redoubt 4 Road, including related pull offs, parking lots, and drainage rehabilitation and improvements;

- Removed Huntington’s Overlook parking lot and Washington’s upper parking lot A, and restored the landscape of those areas;

- Removed Tower Road and its parking lot and restored the landscape of this area;

- Restoration of historic guttering along Inner Line Drive (approximately 75% complete).

Phase II:

The second phase of this project will begin in the third quarter of FY07 and will include:

- Overlay of road and the replacement of currently non-functional drainage features on Inner Line Drive;

- The continuation of the historic guttering restoration along Inner Line Drive;

- The removal of Conway’s parking lot (dogwood lot) and landscaping of the area;

- Reconfiguration of Artillery Park parking lot, Redoubt 3 parking lot, and the Von Steuben parking lot for more efficient utilization of available parking.

Sections of Inner Line Drive will be closed to the public at various times during the four-month construction period.  Press releases, website notices, bulletin board notices, Welcome Center site bulletins, and signage will be made available for the public.

This project was reviewed by the public in Summer 2006 and compliance was completed in September 2006. You may see a detailed description of the project in the environmental assessment by visiting http://parkplanning.nps.gov. The project is funded by the Federal Lands Highways Division of the Federal Highways Administration.