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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Rocky Mountain National Park 's Moraine Park Campground will likely remain closed this summer and fall due to construction delays.
The campground — the largest and most popular in the park — closed in May 2023 and park officials said they hoped the construction would finish in time to open in the summer of 2024. However, the work in the field didn't line up with the anticipated schedule, officials said. "The contractor is working to finish up the project while the weather is good by expediting the delivery of construction materials and increasing crew sizes and/or work hours," a park spokesperson said."Much of the work for this project includes underground utility improvements that will allow for year-round use of the campground for the next several decades, increase the campground's accessibility, and move sites off of sensitive wetlands and create new sites.
Those underground utility improvements will improve the water, wastewater, and electrical distribution systems. The water and utility infrastructure in the campground has not been updated since it first opened in the 1960s. The campground, which is typically open yearround with 244 campsites, hosts more than 30,000 people each year, according to the National Park Service . The area, once carved out by glaciers, now offers beautiful views of the Rocky Mountains.These improvements are funded by the Great American Outdoors Act. The act's National Parks and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund, which is supported by revenue from energy development, provides up to $1.
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