would design an intersection where the "lease 

 road" junctions with North Beaver Road. 

 North Beaver Road would have the right-of- 

 way, and the sight distance would be adequate 

 for safe turning. 



The sight distance on open roads tends to be 

 more critical than on closed-road systems. It is 

 anticipated that approximately 4 sites on the 

 open roads would have a curve radius of less 

 than 65 feet. Rainbow Spur would have 2 

 curves. North Beaver would have 1 curve just 

 south of Woods Lake, and the road into Dollar 

 Lake would have 1. 



Winter driving on snow and ice would make 

 negotiating long, extended 6% road grades 

 slightly difficult. Short pitches of road at 7% 

 would minimally increase driving difficulty 

 under winter conditions. 



ACTION ALTERNATIVE B 



The sight distance on open roads tends to be 

 more critical than on closed system roads. 

 Approximately 4 sites on the open roads 

 would have a curve radius of less than 65'. 

 The proposed new construction on North 

 Murray Road would have two of these curves, 

 as would an existing road segment of North 

 Murray Road. 



Winter driving on snow and ice would make 

 negotiating long, extended 6% road grades 

 slightly difficult. Segments of road steeper 

 than 7% would increase driving difficulty 

 under winter conditions. During log-hauling 

 operations, the steeper segments of road may 

 need to be temporarily closed to the public to 

 prevent conflicts. 



ACCESS 



Both action alternatives contain a transporta- 

 tion system plan designed to incorporate the 

 items and philosophies listed in Chapter II, 

 under Transportation. 



NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE 



Under the No-Action Alternative, basic access 

 to State ownership would still be in place. 



Additional access points to adjacent owner- 

 ships would not occur under this alternative. 

 Individual requests for permanent or tempo- 

 rary access could be analyzed under separate 

 environmental documents in the future. 



COMMON TO ACTION 

 ALTERNATIVES A AND B 



The State would still have one access point to 

 all State lands within the project area. 



Feasible access points would be available to 

 private and corporate landowners through 

 Section 28 to the south and to private lands in 

 Sections 7 and 8 to the north. These access 

 points would be the same take-off points in 

 both alternatives. Private landowners would 

 need to build segments of road to cormect 

 their property to the State's trar\sportation 

 system. 



Private landowner costs to access their prop- 

 erty would not only include the cost of road 

 construction, but also various rights-of-way 

 charges and road maintenance fees. The State 

 has done preliminary cost estimates on these 

 road segments, which are available at the 

 Stillwater Unit headquarters at Olney. 



ACTION ALTERNATIVE A 



Access routes to adjacent landowners in 

 Sections 7 and 8 can be seen on the Beaver Lake 

 Proposed Road Plan Map for Alternative A in 

 Chapter II. 



ACTION ALTERNATIVE B 



Access routes to adjacent landowners in 

 Sections 7 and 8 can be seen on the Beaver Lake 

 Proposed Road Plan Map for Alternative B, 

 Chapter IL 



COSTS 



NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE 



Roads would continue to depreciate in value. 

 Maintenance and eniergency-repair costs 

 would probably increase in order to keep the 



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