Scenic 340 and CSS
CSS is a collaborative, team approach. In CSS, all stakeholders are identified at the inception of a project, and may include local residents, citizens groups, economic groups (farmers, small and large businesses), historic preservation professionals, county planners, landscape architects, and environmental engineers. Representatives of each stakeholder group are then brought together to work as a team with transportation engineers. Stakeholders have an equal voice and their expertise is used from the beginning of the planning process. For example, civil engineers have primary say on road safety issues, while a historian could modify the design to protect important cultural resources and an environmental engineer would have the power to protect ecologically fragile areas. Through a process of give and take, the resulting solution balances transportation safety and mobility with the preservation of scenic aesthetic, historic and environmental resources. As a result of this proactive involvement, transportation projects will move ahead more smoothly with fewer delays, critical resources will be preserved and communities will have a sense of ownership and pride in the projects.
Additional Resources
Links Referenced
- Scenic 340 Flier on CSS (PDF)
- http://www.svnva.org/index.cfm/8,140,319,10/s340flier.pdf
- Find out more about Scenic 340
- http://www.svnva.org/index.cfm/1,144,0,0,html/Scenic-340-Project
Location
http://www.svnva.org/index.cfm/1,140,319,0,html
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