June 2, 2004
“U.S. Transportation
Secretary Mineta Announces Scenic Byway Grants”
The U.S. Department of Transportation will award 104 grants
totaling $15,444,751 to mainly produce corridor management plans
and implement them, and for other purposes such as greenway development,
signage implementation, historic road marketing, and byway interpretation.
June 2002:
“New
Scenic Byways and All American Roads Designated”
See Also
Additional Resources
Champlain Valley “Lakes to Locks”
Scenic Byway and All American Road designations
For a packet of background information explaining threats
to private property rights, please send $5.00 to cover postage
and handling to:
Judy Ford
24 Rectory Street
Clintonville, NY 12924
Websites
National Scenic Byways
Federal Highway Administration web site
(The agency that administrates the National Scenic Byways and
All American Roads)
link
Mississippi River Parkway Commission
Newsletter
(The Mississippi River Parkway Commission presaged the gigantic
Mississippi River Corridor proposal, the original national heritage
corridor proposed when the Columbia River Gorge Commission and
the like were in their infancy.)
link
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In-Depth Information
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 “Scenic
Byways — Innocent Sounding Land Management” - By
Susan Allen, Adirondack Park Agency Reporter, Speech to
Seventh Annual New York Conference on Private Property Rights
(PRFA, October 18, 2003)
A succession of interlocking programs and preservation plans
in northeastern New York build a juggernaut of restrictions on
private Property. Included are federal and state Scenic Byways,
Heritage Areas and watershed management.
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- “Plan for
Scenic Byway in Greene County Arouses Controversy” -
By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, December 2002)
Athens Councilman Fred Dedrick has held up designation of
Route 385 as a Scenic Byway because he fears that property rights
will be infringed by sign prohibitions; a mandated management
plan to be prepared by non-profit environmental groups; new zoning
and land acquisition to protect the Scenic Byway and integrate
it with the County Open Space Plan; and the lure of grants.
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- De-designation of (Meeting
of the) Great Rivers Scenic Byway in Jersey County and Greene
County, Illinois
Official Letters - September 27, 2002 to December 4, 2002
These letters document the success of private property rights
activists to get the U.S. Dept. of Transportation to de-designate
the federal Great Rivers Scenic Byway through two counties. “The
MGRSB north of the Jersey/Green County line is now completely
de-designated.” - Don R. Keith, Division Right of
Way Manager, U.S. Department of Transportation, Nov. 12, 2002
letter.
- 1. Letter
from Keith M. Sherman, Chief, Planning and Systems Section, Illinois
Dept. of Transportation, to Don Little, Jersey County Board,
December 4, 2002
- 2. Letter
from Don R. Keith, Division Right of Way Manager, U.S. Dept.
of Transportation, to Linda M. Wheeler, Director, Office of Planning
& Programming, Illinois Dept. of Transportation, November
12, 2002
- 3. Letter
from Keith J. Sherman, Chief, Planning and Systems Section, Illinois
Dept. of Transportation to David Collins, Chairman, Jersey County
Board, October 3, 2002
- 4. Letter
from Don R. Keith, Right-of-Way Program Manager, U.S. Department
of Transportation, to Linda M. Wheeler, Director, Office of Planning
& Programming, Illinois Dept. of Transportation, September
27, 2002
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