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Show 'FEDERAL ROAD POLICY STATED I j How Aid Under Highway Act to Work, Told By Forest Engineer j Defining the Jurisdiction of th'.-J slate highway commission, of counl. 'road authorities the bureau nf pub-j lie t"jd and ihe forest service th' regulation involving construction of forest service roads under the federal sld highway act have been received at the forest service offices, according t an announcement made this morning, I j District Engineer J. P. Martin. Mr. Martin in speaking of the reg-i I'iatlons this morning said that rount and community authorities are re-l quired to submit their recommenda-; lions for forest roads to the state high- i way department w hich in turn submit I 'its recommendations. Including the recommendations of the count;,- and' community road authorities, to the' bureau of public roads Tor action. ; He said that the recommendations' of all parties requesting aid on forest! road projects w ill be considered In the I future by a Joint action of the bureau! of public roads and the forest service) and combined to form a eomprehen-i she forest road system for the var-i ious states imolved The annual program foi the survey, construction and maintenance of for- j est roads will be determined by a joint conference of the state highway department, the bureau of public roads and the forest service 'in state highway s stems co-oper-l atlye agreements are to be entered in-tc in-tc by the state highway department and the secretary of agriculture In all cases where state highway funds are to be expended on the project, Mr Martin Maid. n county highway systems co-operative agreements are to be entered into between the counts authorities and the forest service which when necessary will also enter Into agreements agree-ments with cities In respe. t to what forest roads are, Mr. Martin said that the regulations define forest roads as roads which lie wholly or full) within or adjacent to national forests and which serve such national forests. |