Great American Outdoors Act
Coverage of Great American Outdoors Act in the Nexus archive.
- America's national parks are facing a steep repair bill of roughly $24 billion
America's national parks require approximately $24 billion in repairs for aging infrastructure, with deferred maintenance raising safety and access concerns. The 2020 Great American Outdoors Act provided $1.9 billion annually for five years to address backlogs, but the funding expired, prompting bipartisan efforts to extend it. Repairs have addressed over 3,800 assets across public lands, though challenges remain.
- Major upgrades complete on a busy stretch of GW Parkway
A four-year, $167 million rehabilitation project on the northern end of George Washington Memorial Parkway has been completed, featuring infrastructure upgrades like paving, drainage, and stone wall restoration. Officials including Jen Madello, Don Beyer, Mark Warner, and Doug Burgum celebrated the project's completion, emphasizing bipartisan collaboration and the parkway's role as a historic gateway to Washington, D.C.