For Star subscribers: The National Park Service wants to reroute the road and dramatically expand the parking lot at the Rincon Mountain Visitor Center, which dates back to 1953 and contains just 40 spaces.
Henry Brean Officials at Saguaro National Park have unveiled plans for the first major upgrade to the east entrance in almost 70 years.
People are also reading… Increased traffic in and around the park has led to congestion and growing safety concerns. According to planning documents for the proposed upgrades, “near pedestrian-vehicular accidents happen frequently” along the current entrance road, which runs through the middle of the visitor center’s only parking lot.
President John F. Kennedy expanded the monument to include portions of the Tucson Mountains in 1961, and Congress elevated the land to national park status in 1994. The project will also put officials in the potentially awkward position of having to uproot some of the park’s namesake cactuses.
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