The Adirondack Park Agency recently received a federal grant of $210,000 from the Federal Highway Administration's Scenic Byways program.

According to the Press Republican, the agency will use the money to improve parking, signing and interpretive exhibits along the Olympic Scenic Byway, specifically the Route 86 portion that parallels the west branch of the Ausable River between Lake Placid and Wilmington. The project covers an approximate eight-mile stretch of Route 86.

The state Department of Transportation administers the Scenic Byways program in New York.