The U.S. Army Spruce Production Division constructed 36 miles of rail line west of Port Angeles in 1918, including 2 railroad tunnels beside Lake Crescent, to facilitate delivery of spruce for aircraft involved in World War I. This project would restore the two historic tunnels at Lake Crescent and 9 miles of the historic railroad grade accessing the tunnels on the north side of Lake Crescent to provide a safe route as part of the region serving, non-motorized transportation system known as the Olympic Discovery Trail. The Olympic Discovery Trail will connect all the communities of the north Olympic Peninsula from Port Townsend on Puget Sound to LaPush on the Pacific Ocean while passing through all the major poulation centers enroute. Tunnel restoration would involve constructing tunnel liners to prevent interior rock fall and reconstructing almost 3 miles of the railroad grade for tunnel access. Wheelchair users will gain access to 9 miles of trail. Clallam County is working in association with Olympic National Park and the Peninsula Trails Coalition on this project. The tunnel restoration project will remove the last major impediment to bicycle use on the north side of Lake Crescent allowing bicyclist to completely bypass the dangerously narrow, traffic congested US 101 route on the south side of the lake. The tunnel project benefits from a federally funded 6.2 mile trail project just west of the tunnel project location providing access to both projects from a US 101 trailhead at the top of Fairholm Hill.