How does the Merced River Plan relate to the Highway 140 reconstruction work?
Several months after road reconstruction began, the local chapter of the Sierra Club and the Mariposans for Environmentally Responsible Growth filed a lawsuit, attempting to halt construction. On July 12, 1999, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Ishii provided an opinion that the NPS could continue work on the 6.4-mile section of the road where construction activities were in progress. In addition, he ordered that the NPS must complete a Comprehensive Management Plan for the Merced Wild and Scenic River and any related compliance documents before any new work that might potentially effect the river could begin. This postponed work on the 1.1-mile section of the road between Cascades Diversion Dam and Pohono Bridge as well as the removal of the Cascades Diversion Dam. These construction activities are no longer part of the current road project and are now being considered in the Draft Yosemite Valley Plan/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Once a Record of Decision on the Merce
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