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By Compiled From N... - December 12th, 2022

The headquarters building of Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Sugarlands is scheduled to be rehabilitated/NPS file

A major rehabilitation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters facilities is being proposed by the National Park Service, which is seeking bids to handle the work that includes gutting and updating the existing headquarters building, building a new annex building for administrative and law enforcement personnel, and razing the Little River Ranger Station.

Also involved in the project is replacement of the potable water system throughout the Sugarlands area, including the water mains, service lines, meters, valves, and fire hydrants. Also to be rehabilitated is the area's wastewater system, and replacement and re-routing of sanitary pipe and manholes receiving flow from the visitors' center.

All proposed construction work will be within the existing Sugarlands area, which consists of about 10 acres of developed and previously disturbed land. The project will bring facilities into compliance with accessibility standards, improve energy efficiency, comply with safety codes, and improve visitor and employee health and safety. Any work to historic structures will be sensitive to the historic nature of the building. 

The project will open for bid on December 15, 2022, with proposed construction beginning in September 2023. Project proposal and specifications are available on the Systems for Award Management (SAM.gov) website.  

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Submitted by SmokiesBackpacker on December 13, 2022 - 6:23pm.

Well, well, well.  I see that the "maintenance backlog" money is first going to feather the office of Superintendent Ca$$iu$ Ca$h.  At least he has abandoned the pretense of caring about the public here. Let them eat cake while we charge to drive through "our park".  


Submitted by SmokiesBackpacker on December 13, 2022 - 6:28pm.

In a publicly traded organization, the optics of this would be obvious. But in the NPS, this arrogance prevails weekly.


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