The National Park Service is moving forward with the development of new employee housing in Glacier National Park.
The agency is slated to fund a new one-story fourplex at the Swiftcurrent housing area in Many Glacier.
When funding becomes available, the NPS will construct a second housing unit — a two-story eightplex — at Swiftcurrent along with a one-story duplex at the NPS compound in East Glacier.
The housing will replace beds lost when 10 severely deteriorated trailers in the St. Mary District housing area were removed in recent years.
The agency accepted public comment on the proposal last winter after releasing an environmental assessment. Comment letters expressed both support and opposition, primarily due to concerns about a possible increase in commuting among seasonal employees on the east side of the park, according to the agency.
Colin Campbell, NPS intermountain acting regional director, signed the decision approving the project.