To alleviate parking woes at Muir Woods National Monument, the National Park Service has released a draft environmental assessment of its new Sustainable Access Project, with public comments accepted until Dec. 5. The draft details three alternatives: a no-action plan would maintain current parking—232 parking spaces located on four lots and along the road, which often reach capacity during peak visitation times—and two alternatives that slightly differ on where to place just over 100 new spaces. The park service prefers an alternative that adds 11 spots to the “annex” lot and 48 spots to the Conlon lot and which would demolish structures at a former native-plant nursery to create a new 48-spot parking lot. That alternative would also eliminate roadside parking along Muir Woods Road between Conlon Avenue and the Muir Woods Road bridge. The other action alternative would not demolish the nursery, instead adding 29 spots to the annex lot and 48 to the Conlon lot and keeping 30 spots along Muir Woods Road. Both action alternatives would install interpretive media at the entry plaza, convert the existing parking in the main lot into parking for visitors with disabilities, relocate the restrooms near the entry plaza and add a new restroom near the nursery, and install a new footbridge over Redwood Creek along the Dipsea Trail. Nathan Sargent, spokesman for the park, said the project “sets the stage for the reservation parking system.” The project is expected to be complete by next fall. Comments can be submitted at parkplanning.nps.gov.