652 CONFERENCE ON NATURAL BEAUTY 



The Scenic Roadway and Parkway Study by the Department of 

 Commerce and Recreation Advisory Council, which, among other 

 things, includes going Federal programs, including National Park- 

 ways and the National Forest Recreation Ways, should be imple- 

 mented by Congressional action at the earliest possible date. The 

 target date for completion should be 1976, the 200th anniversary 

 of the founding of our Republic. 



We believe that when a dispute involving Federal funds occurs 

 between a highway agency and a conservation agency within a State 

 and cannot be solved at the State level, the Department of the In- 

 terior and the Department of Commerce should resolve the problem. 



Every encouragement should be given to States and local com- 

 munities to develop State and county scenic highway and parkway 

 programs such as has been done in Westchester County with park- 

 ways, and in California with scenic highways. 



The Federal aid secondary funds should be made available by 

 Congress to help States inventory and now protect their rural roads 

 in areas of high scenic or historical value by acquisition and protec- 

 tion of scenic corridors. 



The funds should be used by the States in establishing at least one 

 prototype demonstration scenic road or parkway in each State. 



A highway program of any type or kind can be truly successful 

 only when integrated with the total environment. 



Roadside Control 



The Chairman, Mr. IVES. The Panel on Roadside Control rec- 

 ommends the following actions be taken : 



1. Amend 23 U.S. C. 319 to require the States to expend a mini- 

 mum of 3 percent of their Federal-aid apportionments for the acqui- 

 sition, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty. The 

 Secretary of Commerce should be given authority to waive such 

 requirement if a State proves such expenditures unnecessary. 



2. Amend 23 U.S.C. 131 to provide that the grant of primary 

 and interstate funds be conditioned with the requirement that the 

 erection and maintenance of all outdoor advertising signs, displays, 

 and devices in all areas within 1,000 feet of the outer edge of pave- 

 ment of the primary system and interstate system of highways 

 be controlled. A majority of the panelists were of the opinion that 

 no off-premise advertising should be permitted in any areas adjacent 



