Administrators at Prince William Forest Park want some new signs.
The signs in the park are old and faded. The 30-year-old trail marker signs in the park are worn, and the machine that made them no longer works.
The park issued a request for proposals, and in it detailed the work that needs to be completed:
Many traffic control signs, especially no parking signs, are faded and in need of replacement. Additional signs are needed in cabin camp areas, especially in front of gates. Visitors often park in front of or adjacent to gated areas blocking routine and emergency ingress and egress for park staff. These signs are needed to deter/prevent this visitor behavior.
Visitors are also parking on turf areas in picnic areas and parking lots at Turkey Run and lots A – I along Scenic Drive; to deter this behavior, a sign is recommended to be placed on the in-bound lane of Park Entrance Road which states ‘No Parking on Grass”. The existing directional signs on park trails consists of a concrete post, circa 1980, approximately 6’x6’, with 36” – 48” exposed above ground and set in the ground approximately 36”.
The posts have an embossed metal band, approximately 3” wide, that is attached around the circumference near the exposed top; the band is embossed with trail name, directions, etc. The embossed letters are extremely small and hard to read and the equipment used to make the bands is obsolete; it is proposed to attach the wood sign to the concrete where & when feasible; otherwise, replace the concrete posts with wood 4”x4” wood posts and attach routed wood signs; these signs would be placed in the existing hole the concrete post currently occupies.
The proposal also details a plan to place a sign for a cabin camps one and four perpendicular to Route 234 near Montclair.
“Members of the public often, if not daily, mistakenly believe this is the main entrance to the park,” the report states.
Public comments for this project are sought online. The comment period closes July 7, 2015.
