main road system functional. Maintenance 

 costs of deteriorating spur roads could become 

 prohibitive, which would result in roads being 

 closed or being allowed to naturally brush in 

 and wash out. 



COMMON TO ACTION 

 ALTERNATIVES A AND B 



The value of roads in either of the transporta- 

 tion plans would increase through design, 

 location, and standards proposed for the 

 reconstruction or new road construction of 

 roads. The maintainability of roads would 

 increase, reducing the cost of future road 

 maintenance. Managing the use of roads by 

 implementing seasonal and permanent road 

 restrictions would reduce the maintenance 

 frequency on the road system. 



ACTION ALTERNATIVE A 



The estimated cost to build and reconstruct the 

 20.05 miles of road proposed is $281,100. The 

 estimated costs for obliteration of approxi- 

 mately 5.6 miles of road is $26,274. 



ACTION ALTERNATIVE B 



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The estimated cost of building and recon- 

 structing 17.6 miles of roads proposed is 

 $227,600. The estimated costs for obliteration 

 of approximately 5.7 miles of road is $26,370. 



ROAD USES 



NO- ACTION ALTERNATIVE 



Although some restrictions on roads may be 

 implemented by installing gates or other 

 barriers if FI road maintenance funds are 

 available, the current types and amounts of 

 road uses would probably remain the same. 

 At this time, the miles of road open to motor- 

 ized vehicle traffic, approximately 19.7 miles, 

 would remain the same. The types of vehicles 

 using the various standards of existing roads 

 would remain the same. (Under the SFLMP's 

 Record of Decision, the State has authorization 

 to install temporary or permanent road clo- 

 sures.) 



COMMON TO ACTION 

 ALTERNATIVES A AND B 



Uses of roads would be managed through 

 seasonal and permanent road restrictions and 

 the obliteration of certain road segments. All 

 roads would be closed by gates during spring 

 breakup when roads are soft or excessively 

 wet. Permanent gates or barricades would be 

 installed on portions of the road system to 

 restrict year-round motorized use, except for 

 administrative purposes. 



The road development maps in Chapter II 

 display the road segments proposed for 

 obliteration and reclamation. A general de- 

 scription of 4 levels of obliteration and the 

 locations of those segments may be found in 

 Table IV-7 - Road Obliterations. The approxi- 

 mate miles of road that would be affected can 

 be found in the Costs section (above) for each 

 alternative. 



ACTION ALTERNATIVE A ' I 



The Road Development Map for Alternative A 

 (Chapter II) displays locations of seasonal and 

 permanent road-restriction gates or barriers; 

 also displayed are segments of road with 

 restricted use. Approximately 9.5 miles of 

 road would have year-round restricted use, 

 and an additional 15.7 miles would be season- 

 ally restricted. 



ALTERNATIVE B 



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The Road Development Map for Alternative B 

 (Chapter II) displays the locations of seasonal 

 and permanent road-restriction gates or 

 barriers; also displayed are the segments of 

 road with restricted use. Approximately 9.3 

 miles of road would have restricted use year- 

 round, and an additional 14.6 miles would be 

 seasonally restricted. 



An additional .1 mile of existing road would 

 be obliterated at the Level I specifications. 

 This would occur within Unit 6 of the harvest 

 area on the Rainbow Spur Road to eliminate a 

 potential loop road. 



Chapter IV: Environmental Consequences 



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