On Friday the National Park Service announced that the first phase of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan is nearing completion. New parking areas at the visitor center are expected to be open in time for Thanksgiving.
This is welcome news for all park visitors because it means things are going to get better--traffic and parking.
Phase I improvements address problems associated with traffic congestion and significant parking shortages in and around Mather Point and the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, including:
• realignment of the South Entrance Road to loop around the Visitor Center area to the south and west
• three new visitor parking lots which will provide parking for up to 600 vehicles
• a new parking lot which will provide parking for 40 commercial tour vehicles.
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