METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF CORRIDOR PRESERVATION VOLUME II: LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING LONG-RANGE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR PRESERVATION IN UTAH

Corridor preservation has become an important issue in Utah's transportation planning process. As Utah's population grows, the demand for an improved transportation infrastructure increases. To protect potential transportation corridors from increasing developmental pressures and to preserve these alignments for future use, corridor preservation techniques must be applied. This report, "Methods and Techniques of Corridor preservation: A Guide for Utah Practice", provides a comprehensive look at available corridor preservation tools and offers some guidance for application of these tools within Utah's existing legal and practical environment. While this report does not outline a specific step-by-step approach to corridor preservation, its intent is to provide a review of the many tools provided for use. Transportation planners and government decision makers can then use this report as a reference for developing an effective corridor preservation plan for improvement projects throughout Utah's transportation system. Volume II contains in-depth discussions on legal issues relating to corridor preservation. Some of the discussions in this volume appear in Volume I to make Volume I a stand-alone training manual. Volume II however contains an additional summary discussion, and a spreadsheet of statutory provisions of the states that deal with long-range highway corridor preservation, and a proposed model state legislation to facilitate long-range highway corridor preservation which addresses the issues relating to corridor preservation in ways that are predominantly friendly to the property owner. Its appendix contains a Glossary of important terms, a summary of Utah's recent corridor preservation efforts, and a copy of the National Environmental Policy Act.