There is a move afoot to build a road through the Great Smokies National Park, in North Carolina.
An Environmental Impact Statement is nearing the end of it's public comment period.
Anybody is free to enter comments about this situation. Go to:
http://northshoreroad.infoto read about this issue and enter your comments.
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This road, if built, will traverse an area that is probably the largest roadless area left in the eastern U.S. Totally within the boundary of the National Park, the road would turn what is now wilderness into an amusement park for poachers and drive by litter bugs.
Several trout streams will be crossed by the road and the estimated cost of the road runs in excess of $150 Million dollars. The National Park Service has been opposed to this road being built, but several anti-Park congressmen have pushed to open up this last remaining wilderness area to development and ecological insult.
Also see:
http://4swain.com/cefsc.htmlfor more info.