Great Falls Citizens Association (GFCA) officials are seeking to have the federal government provide $100,000 in permanent, annual funding for U.S. Park Police to control traffic at Old Dominion Drive and Georgetown Pike outside the park’s entrance when park usage is especially heavy.

U.S. Park Police have been controlling traffic at the intersection during peak periods, and sufficient funds remain for that to continue through year’s end. But officials with the National Park Service’s George Washington Memorial Parkway have indicated that more funding will be needed for future traffic-control efforts, GFCA members said in a June 16 letter to U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-10th).

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