Route 66 - Corridor Management Plan
The California Historic Route 66 Association and the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have teamed up with their governmental and nongovernmental organization partners to help preserve the history of Route 66 through the desert and develop strategies for educating visitors from both nearby and afar about its significant cultural and natural landscape features. The effort will also look for ways to increase economic activity through enhanced recreation and heritage tourism opportunities for visitors to its gateway communities. The BLM hired a multidisciplinary team led by Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects (L/KLA) to assist with this planning effort. L/KLA has prepared corridor management plans for byways and heritage touring routes throughout the United States. One of the first project tasks is to reach out to communities along Route 66, from Barstow to Needles, for their ideas, and suggestions as to how this effort can help to preserve and enhance the heritage and naturebased tourism opportunities that are found along the corridor and in the region.
The California Historic Route 66 Corridor Management Plan: Needles to Barstow (CMP) has been prepared in accordance with Paragraph 9 of Federal Register/Vol. 60, No. 96/Thursday, May 18, 1995 (referred to as the Interim Policy) in order for the routes to be considered for nomination as National Scenic Byway from the California border east of Needles, California, generally following Interstate Route 40, US Route 95, Goffs Road and National Trails Highway to Barstow, California.
The route was designated by the State of California as Historic Route 66 in 1991, under Assembly Concurrent Resolution No.6-Relative to Route 66 (filed with Secretary of State July 11, 1991). The state designation provides the eligibility of the route to be considered for designation as an All-American Road or National Scenic Byway by the Federal Highway Administration under the Interim Policy guiding that program. According to the policy
“A corridor management plan, developed with community involvement, must be prepared for the scenic Byway corridor proposed for national designation. It should provide for the conservation and enhancement of the Byway’s intrinsic qualities as well as the promotion of tourism and economic development. The plan should provide an effective management strategy to balance these concerns while providing for the users’ enjoyment of the Byway. The corridor management plan is very important to the designation process, as it provides an understanding of how a road or highway possesses characteristics vital for designation as a National Scenic Byway or an All-American Road.”
Based on guidance provided by the Federal Highway Administration, this corridor management plan has been organized to document three core elements that must be addressed as part of the nomination process:
The California Historic Route 66 Corridor Management Plan: Needles to Barstow (CMP) has been prepared in accordance with Paragraph 9 of Federal Register/Vol. 60, No. 96/Thursday, May 18, 1995 (referred to as the Interim Policy) in order for the routes to be considered for nomination as National Scenic Byway from the California border east of Needles, California, generally following Interstate Route 40, US Route 95, Goffs Road and National Trails Highway to Barstow, California.
The route was designated by the State of California as Historic Route 66 in 1991, under Assembly Concurrent Resolution No.6-Relative to Route 66 (filed with Secretary of State July 11, 1991). The state designation provides the eligibility of the route to be considered for designation as an All-American Road or National Scenic Byway by the Federal Highway Administration under the Interim Policy guiding that program. According to the policy
“A corridor management plan, developed with community involvement, must be prepared for the scenic Byway corridor proposed for national designation. It should provide for the conservation and enhancement of the Byway’s intrinsic qualities as well as the promotion of tourism and economic development. The plan should provide an effective management strategy to balance these concerns while providing for the users’ enjoyment of the Byway. The corridor management plan is very important to the designation process, as it provides an understanding of how a road or highway possesses characteristics vital for designation as a National Scenic Byway or an All-American Road.”
Based on guidance provided by the Federal Highway Administration, this corridor management plan has been organized to document three core elements that must be addressed as part of the nomination process:
- Significance either regionally or nationally of the Intrinsic Quality(s) along the travel route that merit national designation
- Planning to support the preservation, enhancement and promotion of the Intrinsic Quality(s) along the travel route
- Providing for a quality visitor experience; and sustainability in the form of community and organizational support to continue to preserve, enhance and promote the travel route.
Main Site: http://route66ca.org/corridor-management-plan/
For a complete copy of the CMP, click here to download: Complete CMP Document
For a complete copy of the CMP, click here to download: Complete CMP Document
