SavageLlama
02-09-2006, 09:41
Good to see there are efforts to stop this nonsense.
Stop the Road to Nowhere (http://info.sierraclub.org/c.html?rtr=on&s=arz,i2kd,o7l,1g41,hu8x,f5tu,57hh)
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The proposed North Shore Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park would cut a 38-mile swath through the largest tract of undeveloped mountain forest in the eastern United States. Intended to replace a county road submerged by a reservoir 60 years ago, only the first seven miles were built before rising costs and environmental damage halted construction.
In recent years, a growing number of local citizens, elected officials, environmental and taxpayer groups have endorsed a cash settlement to Swain County, North Carolina, in lieu of the destructive road, and the National Park Service "environmentally preferred" alternative is to scrap the proposed road. But Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.), determined to spur new development in the area, secured a $16 million appropriation in 2000 to restart the roadbuilding. Now the public has a chance to weigh in during a comments period that ends March 20. Visit our website to learn more and take action! (http://info.sierraclub.org/c.html?rtr=on&s=arz,i2kd,o7l,1g41,hu8x,f5tu,57hh)
http://www.sierraclub.org/GreatSmokyMountains/ (http://www.sierraclub.org/GreatSmokyMountains/)
Stop the Road to Nowhere (http://info.sierraclub.org/c.html?rtr=on&s=arz,i2kd,o7l,1g41,hu8x,f5tu,57hh)
http://www.sierraclubplus.org/insider/template/space.gif
The proposed North Shore Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park would cut a 38-mile swath through the largest tract of undeveloped mountain forest in the eastern United States. Intended to replace a county road submerged by a reservoir 60 years ago, only the first seven miles were built before rising costs and environmental damage halted construction.
In recent years, a growing number of local citizens, elected officials, environmental and taxpayer groups have endorsed a cash settlement to Swain County, North Carolina, in lieu of the destructive road, and the National Park Service "environmentally preferred" alternative is to scrap the proposed road. But Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.), determined to spur new development in the area, secured a $16 million appropriation in 2000 to restart the roadbuilding. Now the public has a chance to weigh in during a comments period that ends March 20. Visit our website to learn more and take action! (http://info.sierraclub.org/c.html?rtr=on&s=arz,i2kd,o7l,1g41,hu8x,f5tu,57hh)
http://www.sierraclub.org/GreatSmokyMountains/ (http://www.sierraclub.org/GreatSmokyMountains/)