CHAPTER 10 



ROADSIDE CONTROL 



10:15 a.m., Tuesday, May 25 



The Chairman, Mr. IVES. Gathered with me here today as fellow 

 panelists are a group of citizens, distinguished in their specialized 

 lines of endeavor: industry representatives, conservationists, and 

 Federal and State officials, who are combining their talents to assist 

 the President of the United States in his program on natural beauty 

 with firm recommendations for its implementation. 



Since the problems confronting the Nation are fairly well known 

 to all of us as they pertain to roadside control, the panel will spend 

 a minimum of time on the diagnosis and a maximum on recom- 

 mendations. Thus, we hope to be identified as an action oriented 

 panel. 



Some of the features that will be discussed are : ( 1 ) encumbrances 

 on the right-of-way; (2) junkyards and borrow pits; (3) litter; 

 (4) landscaping; (5) erosion control; and (6) acquisition of scenic 

 strips along the right-of-way. 



As most of you know, the normal problems of roadside control 

 are the responsibilities of the various State highway departments with 

 active operations in this field being the responsibility of the depart- 

 ment's landscape engineers and architects. 



Roadside development is also of considerable concern to the 

 Bureau of Public Roads and the Department of Commerce. Like- 

 wise it is of concern to the American Association of State Highway 

 Officials and the Highway Research Board, each of which has an 

 operating committee on roadside development. 



Anyone and everyone who uses our highways has a big stake in 

 roadside control businessman, tourist, garden club devotee, and the 

 housewife on her way to shop. All of us have a right to expect that 

 our highways will be safe, well maintained, and pleasant to look at 



Members of the Panel on Roadside Control were Lowell K. Brid- 

 well, Mrs. Cyril G. Fox, Howard S. Ives (Chairman), Mrs. Jack 

 Mamie, Senator Maurine B. Neuberger, David Shepard, Erling Sol- 

 berg, and Philip Tocker. Staff Associate was Marion A. Hornbeck. 



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