REPORTS OF THE PANEL CHAIRMEN 649 



the highway trust fund should be used to fund scenic highways, 

 parkways, and recreation roads. 



Basic concepts essential to all parkway and scenic highway 

 programs must be recognized : 



1. A Scenic Highway is a well-designed road, the corridor of 

 which is protected, particularly in areas of high aesthetic or cultural 

 value. 



2. A Parkway is a scenic highway primarily for noncommercial 

 traffic, with full or partial control of access, and actually within a 

 park or a region of parklike quality. 



3. The Scenic Corridor is the area reasonably within the line 

 of sight beyond the highway right-of-way, which imparts to the 

 traveler its scenic qualities and makes possible a variety of recrea- 

 tional opportunity for the motorist, whether he is in motion or at 

 rest. 



4. The Scenic Easement is a device to protect the Scenic Corridor 

 by acquiring less than the outright purchase of land and permitting 

 the continuance of existing compatible uses. 



The Scenic Corridor is an essential element of the scenic highway 

 and parkway and must be protected at the earliest possible date. 

 Encouragement should be given at the Federal, State, and local 

 levels for protection of the scenic corridor. 



We urge purchase of protective buffers adjacent to the right-of- 

 way or acquisition of scenic easements. Also, outright purchase of 

 excess land adjacent to the right-of-way to be held for later disposal 

 of the unneeded portions under proper control. Severence damages 

 are frequently more expensive than the outright purchase of the 

 entire parcel. 



We urge zoning by local government agencies. 



We urge proper screening of junkyards and other eyesores and 

 we urge coordination of land acquisition activities between highway 

 programs and those of other conservation and recreation programs; 

 for example, the California West Side Freeway and Aqueduct 

 program. 



Financial aids to scenic corridor protection should include making 

 mandatory the use by the States of section 319 funds; use of Federal 

 aid secondary funds; use of land and water conservation funds for 

 corridor protection; use of Federal open space money for corridor 

 protection; use of State and local money for corridor protection; 

 and tax incentives. 



