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by widening the travelway at prescribed locations to at lggll.16 feet to allow vehicles <br />to pass or to pull over and stop while another vehicle passes. Plans showing road and <br />right -of -way locations, ditches and culverts, extent of clearing, and existing and finish <br />contour lines shall be approved by the Erosion Control Officer. <br />Medians may be permitted between travel [lines] lanes when it is demonstrated that <br />such design is desirable for the preservation of natural resources, or that excessive cut <br />and fill would be required to construct a roadway to the standard width. <br />rad <br />The grade of the road should [be between 3 and 12 percent and shall] not exceed 120/9 <br />because of the difficulty of operating vehicles on such a steep road and the high <br />potential for erosion of the travelway and ditches. Where possible, the road should be <br />constructed along the contour of the land to avoid steep grades. In exceptional <br />it umst nc v ri n e may be granted fora grade greater than 12 percent, but not <br />exceed to 1 erptnt. <br />Intersection %th -Public Road <br />0� <br />��vt•SE � <br />r <br />[] = delete text <br />b1 = add text <br />PUBLIC ROAD <br />UNACCEPTABLE <br />INTERSECTION <br />�p0 <br />PU18JJC ROAD 5o pF�tq'�E A <br />ACCEPTABLE <br />INTERSECTION <br />29 <br />