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The Park Service’s proposal to double entry fees could fix its maintenance problem 161 years from now

The National Park Service raised eyebrows this week with a plan to more than double, and in some cases nearly triple, entrance fees at the nation’s most popular national parks.

The new changes would affect 17 national parks and potentially bring in an additional $70 million a year, according to the Park Service, which says the increases are necessary to address the $11.3 billion maintenance backlog in the federal parks.

At a rate of $70 million a year it would take more than 161 years for that extra annual revenue to wipe out the entire $11.3 billion backlog — to say nothing of the maintenance needs that would arise between now and then.

By Christopher Ingraham

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/26/the-park-services-proposal-to-double-entry-fees-could-fix-their-maintenance-problem-161-years-from-now/?utm_term=.2d8dd203acc9

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