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111£. “In forested terrain a - bove 14% slope, clearing should be carefully controlled and selective cutting should be used to reduce variation and indentation in the tree line. “Retaining walls can reduce the height and extent of cut and fill slopes. ...Slopes should be rounded...and properly seeded, fertilized and mulched for early recovery and to control erosion.”

THE guidelines suggest a grade of seven per cent as the “desirable maximum,” but state that a grade as high as 18 per cent could be Considered for short distances in order to avoid excessive cuts and fills.

A diagram and list of specific construction requirements is attached to the narrative guidelines. It outlines a minimum “traveled way” of 12 feet, minimum shoulders of two feet and a right of way of 50 feet.

That much right-of-way is needed for “manuvering,” Pete Luke said. “It gives them room to make allowances for drainage and sedimentation patterns and large trees.”

Luke said that he and Baumgardner had attempted to draw up something flexible, as requested by the Planners, “so that if they come to two big trees close together they might just narrow the road for a fpw fppt n

Newbill Miller was pleased with the road standards. “Only one thing

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