Highway Safety Act Sample Clauses

Highway Safety Act. 1. Highway Safety Program Standard No. 9 of the Highway Safety Act requires the STATE to have a program for identifying accident locations and to maintain a repository of records concerning all motor accidents in the STATE. The FOREST SERVICE will cooperate with the STATE in developing a system of surveillance on their roads that will meet STATE needs in meeting requirements of the law. 2. As statistical accident data is developed and accumulated which point up areas of high accident occurrences and frequency, remedial measures shall be considered. Both agencies will cooperate in the timely implementation of corrective measures to eliminate or substantially reduce the accident frequency. Special consideration will be given for implementing and approval of safety improvement projects for the protection of life, property, and the general well being of the traveling public. Considerations shall be directed toward the preservation of human environmental element as weighted against possible natural environmental impact resulting from the safety improvement. These considerations shall be evaluated and implemented in accordance with applicable federal and state laws including NEPA. E Access Control 1. Access to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways will be by way of the established interchanges, except as noted in Item 5 below. 2. All approaches to State or U.S. Highway will be approved by the STATE under a "permit for encroachment," except as noted in Item 5 below.