(Asheville, NC) The potential slide area on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 400.8 near Mt. Pisgah is undergoing stabilization work that will open one traffic-controlled lane through the closed area by early July 2010. Once the parkway is opened, an automated traffic signal light will alternate traffic through the construction zone. On October 14, […]
Northwest Trading Post Open After Delay
A nonprofit retail outlet on the Blue Ridge Parkway for arts, crafts and homemade jellies relishes and bread from Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties for over 50 years has reopened for the season. The Northwest Trading Post, a Parkway concessionaire at Milepost 259 in Glendale Springs near the Wilkes-Ashe county line, reopened about a month […]
Parkway Facilities Undergo Wastewater Collection System Inspections
(Asheville, NC) During the next three months, contractors will be performing video inspection and cleaning services for all Blue Ridge Parkway sewer collection systems, including those at campgrounds, visitor centers, maintenance areas, offices, etc. Sewage collection pipes will be cleaned using water jetting and vacuuming pumps that will generate intermittent loud noise. The contractor intends […]
“Motoring the Blue Ridge Parkway” Exhibit to Open Friday, June 11
This coming Friday, June 11, 2010, from 9a.m.-7p.m., the Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, NC will be holding the grand opening of a new exhibit titled “Motoring the Blue Ridge: 75 years of the Blue Ridge Parkway.” Slated as an official Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary event, the exhibit will run through June […]
Enjoy Self-Guided Tour Tastings with the Mountain Road Wine Experience
Château Morrisette, Villa Appalaccia, Blacksnake Meadery, AmRhein Wine Cellars, and Foggy Ridge Cider collaborate to present a food and drink progressive pairing. This self-guided tour tasting will take place this weekend, June 12th-13th, 2010 and also in September 2010 on the weekend of the 11th and 12th. Travel with a handy map to each site […]
