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Efficient and timely restoration of safe, reliable,
continuous two-way travel, in a manner responsible to the environment,
the community and the public.
- Emergency Preparedness
- Coordinated Response
- Coordinated Incident Command structure in place (roles/responsibilities)
- Reliable communication tools/systems/protocols with
agencies, community, public
- Adequate supplies (fuel, equipment)
- Proactive Planning
- Minimize: Identify preventive measures to avert (or reduce
the scale) of potentially catastrophic failures (from routine
maintenance activities to larger scale project proposals)
- Anticipate: Develop strategies, agreed upon ahead of
time, to implement during a time of need. Example: Pre-approved
disposal sites for landslide material
- Coordinate: Agencies, community, business, public.
- Streamline regulatory agencies/emergency permitting
procedures
- Develop interagency standardized practices that optimize
efficiency (in repair), address essential transportation
needs and are environmentally responsible
- Responsible Repair
- Appropriate Design
- Consider long-term vs. short-term repair strategies
(lifecycle costs, disruption, ability to address long-term
stability)
- Consider innovative strategies for recurring or potentially
large-scale problems (such as replacing culverts w/
bridges at important drainages)
- Minimize earthwork/cuts for repair
- Construction
- Agree on strategies to address community, agency
and public needs for giving and receiving information
during repair activities (delays, traffic control, sign
packages, press releases, etc.)
- Ensure environmental compliance throughout repair
and with appropriate follow-up (on-site environmental
monitoring)
- Consider time delays and configuration of traffic
queues with one-way traffic control; consider other
safety issues or needs of those delayed (i.e. those
in queue)
- Economics
- Responsible and effective use of public funds (consider
full cost analysis for repairs)
- Economic impacts (commercial and private) from road
closures and travel delays during repairs
- Balance time/costs/wear and tear of various repair
strategies and practices
- Environment
- Thorough evaluation of environmental impacts
- Direct Impacts
- Indirect Impacts
- Thorough evaluation of disposal alternatives (land-based
and marine) and associated impacts
- Consider natural processes (landform changes,
ocean systems, water quality)
- Evaluate extent and influence of human activities
- Full consideration of environmental impacts including
but not limited to:
- Loss of native habitats
- Invasion/spread of exotic species
- Water quality of ocean and streams
- Achieve balance in corridor management for human
needs/environmental protection
- Develop appropriate and sustainable mitigation for
unavoidable impacts (revegetation, restoration
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Safe, reliable, continuous two-way travel.
- Development of Long-term Maintenance Plan
- Develop innovative and efficient practices/solutions to
maintenance problems
- Recycling of material (berming, shoulder backing,
etc.)
- Provide consistent guidance across maintenance territories
- On-site/local availability of equipment and materials
- Identify maintenance constraints due to environmental
regulations, access restrictions and resources (funding,
staffing, equipment)
- Identify opportunities to address constraints and improve
response
- Maintain roadway capacity during maintenance
- Enhance maintenance activity (preventative)
- Identify and prioritize maintenance needs to modify practices
or provide for increased demands (for maintenance activity)
- Operations
- Equipment
- Resources
- Develop and implement Best Management Practices (BMPs)
for field maintenance on a corridor-wide basis for consistency
- Develop consistent vegetation management practices to
control invasion/spread of exotic species
- Preventative Maintenance
- Agree on reasonable measures of security (i.e. through
preventive maintenance practices) to prevent larger failures
related to:
- Slopes (embankments and cut slopes)
- Landslides and rockfall
- Roadway embankment and erosion
- Drainages (including culverts)
- Assess "upstream" influence on maintenance needs
downstream
- Consider reducing disproportionate demand/wear and tear
on highway facilities (road/bridges), such as that caused
by large vehicles (trucks, buses)
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Restoring, maintaining, and preserving the natural
beauty and rural character of the corridor.
- Natural Beauty and Scenic Viewsheds
- Elements of structural features (e.g. bridge rails, guardrails,
retaining walls) can be in conflict with natural setting;
consider aesthetic design standards for overall design compatibility
- Develop long-term plan to reduce and minimize visual clutter,
such as overhead poles & wires, roadway and roadside signs
- Establish appropriate roadside practices to protect views
(e.g. address roadside berming, turnouts)
- Establish critical viewsheds, priorities and tools for
restoration/preservation
- Special status route deserving of special status designs
(bring innovative design to achieve desired aesthetic)
- Allow non-native plant species with aesthetic values
to remain
- Sense of Place and Historic Character
- Encourage narrow but safe pavement widths
- "Freeway" designs out of place on a rural route
- Contemporary standards result in proliferation of modern
structural elements
- Modern conveniences and/or new technology create an accumulation
of new elements (non-roadway features): overhead utilities,
cellular towers, night lighting, signs, call boxes
- Highway serves important "global and local" functions:
widely-renowned tourist destination and community "Main
Street"
- Embrace overall character (individual vs. cumulative changes
- accumulation of modern influences can detract from overall
character)
- Higher traffic volumes and speeds can detract from overall
serenity
- Habitat Values and Species Protection
- Proliferation and evolution of turnouts results in informal
intensification of roadside use, impacts to nearby habitats
- Highway traverses sensitive habitats that may warrant
specialized design criteria (improve compatibility of roadway
corridor with wildlife corridors)
- Avoid placement of features that interfere with wildlife
corridors (fences and barriers)
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Value: Highway 1 is the primary access to important coastal
and recreational resources available to the public. Balanced access
needs and resource protection to ensure appreciation and enjoyment
of these resources for generations to come.
- Accommodation of Visitor and Resident Needs
- Evaluate visitor needs (e.g. restrooms, trash receptacles)
and reduce visitor impacts (e.g. littering at existing turnouts
and vista points)
- Plan vista points and turnouts (add/modify/eliminate)
- Balance needs and considerations of visitors and local
residents
- Develop opportunities for public
- Viewing (vista points)
- Access (e.g. pedestrian, equestrians, bicycles)
- Tourism
- Ensure balanced objectives for maintaining rural character
(vis-à-vis managing traffic volumes/congestion) and allowing
or promoting larger vehicles (buses).
- Interpretation
- Develop opportunities for visitor education and interpretation
- Interpretive signage (points of interest, natural
landmarks)
- Educational kiosks
- Evaluate non-intrusive means for interpretation (e.g.
radio)
- Highlight special features
- Big Sur Coast
- Marine Sanctuary
- National Scenic Byway/All-American
Road Status is upheld
- Information and Communication
- Consider feasibility and use of other communication means
(e.g. Highway Advisory Radio)
- Consistent and reliable forms of communication for ongoing
activities (e.g. project planning updates, construction
activities, traffic control)
- Signage (e.g. speed zones, points of interest, location
markers-post-miles)
- Call boxes/emergency communication
- Enhanced Recreational Opportunities
- Reduce conflicts between travel modes (e.g. bicycles/cars)
- Provide long-term plan for continuous coastal trail
- Plan ahead for accommodating coastal access requirements
with future highway projects
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