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r3nH 13 C: C H �x9Hxfn Hz �C n H� x V1 H LTl OE OHd HWg Q. 0 CHI y z HH CA H O Cy Co M z Fl CA F3OCA s � Cr ROADS AND RAILROADS INTRODUCTION C A road is a linear passageway, usually for motor vehicles, and a railroad is a surface linear passageway with tracks for tr retard the runoff of flood waters. expose soils ain traffi Their construction can limit access to shorelines for ir the visual Qualities of water -oriented vistas, to erosion and POLICIES 1. Locate major highways, freeways and railways away from shoreline: wherever feasible. Z. Design and maintain roads to minimize erosion and permit a naturz movement of surface runoff. 3. Insure to the maximum extent practical, that all construction debris, overburden and other waste materials shall not enter intc', any water body by disposal or erosion from drainage, high Ovate: or other means. 4. Locate and design all roads and railroads so that minimum alterations of natural conditions will be necessary. 5• Provide safe pedestrian and other nonmotorized travel facilities in public shoreline areas. 6 EncouraiesProvision of view points, rest ?re4s and Picnic in public shoreline areas. 7.. Retain portions of old highways having high aesthetic quality as pleasure bypass routes. 8. Locate major transportation corridors upland from the shoreline to reduce pressures for the use of waterfront sites except when shoreline alternatives are more ecologically acceptable. 9. Promote the use of abandoned railroad rights -of -way for trail systems, especially where they would provide public access to or enjoyment of the shorelines. 10. Locate and design road and railroad bridges to accommodate the exist_ng floodways of streams and rivers.. X 11. Encourage creation of trail systems adjacent to new roads and railroads where feasible and safe. u F-56