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Saturday, Feb. 06, 2010
Yosemite Lodge rebuilding postponed
FRESNO -- The National Park Service will wait until 2013 to again make plans for rebuilding Yosemite Lodge -- 16 years after a flood wiped out half of the motel's accommodations.
A plan to rebuild the lodge had been on the books for years, but officials dropped the $39 million project and many others last fall as part of a lawsuit settlement.
The settlement ended more than 10 years of legal wrangling over protections for the Merced River, which runs through the heart of popular Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite officials last week filed papers in federal court in Fresno withdrawing the plans for about $100 million in projects.
Officials are supposed to start from scratch on the projects after the river plan is completed in December 2012.
"Yosemite is giving itself the opportunity to base planning on a fundamentally environmental document, the Merced River Plan," said Greg Adair, representing Friends of Yosemite Valley.
Other projects include the renovation of Curry Village, campground replacement and bridge construction.
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