The National Park Service is planning a three-year, $113 million rehabilitation project to protect the Tidal Basin and Potomac River seawalls in Washington, D.C. The project aims to safeguard iconic memorials and cherry trees from failing infrastructure and rising sea levels. Construction will occur in two phases, with no disruption to the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
The National Park Service is preparing for a three-year, $113 million rehabilitation of the seawalls around the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River through West Potomac Park funded by the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund. This critical investment will ensure the park is able to protect some of the nation’s most iconic memorials and the Japanese flowering cherry trees from the immediate threats of failing infrastructure and rising sea levels for the next 100 years.
The project will focus on establishing a construction staging area in West Potomac Park and site preparation around the Tidal Basin. Construction will occur in two phases, first around the Tidal Basin, followed by the Potomac River work in West Potomac Park. There will be no construction activity in 2024 that affects visitors to the National Cherry Blossom Festival, and the trail around the Tidal Basin will remain open through the duration of the work, although temporary pedestrian detours will be constructed in some areas
National Park Service Rehabilitation Seawalls Tidal Basin Potomac River Washington D.C. Infrastructure Rising Sea Levels Cherry Trees National Cherry Blossom Festival
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