Subpart A - Forest Highways Sec. 660.105 Planning and route designation. 660.109 Program development. 660.112 Project development. 660.117 Funding, records and accounting.
Forest highways assist rural and community economic development and promote tourism and travel.
Forest highway means a forest road under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, a public authority and open to public travel. Forest road means a road wholly or partly within, or adjacent to, and serving the NFS and which is necessary for the protection, administration, and utilization of the NFS and the use and development of its resources. Jurisdiction means the legal right or authority to control, operate, regulate use of, maintain, or cause to be maintained, a transportation facility, through ownership or delegated authority. The authority to construct or maintain such a facility may be derived from fee title, easement, written authorization, or permit from a Federal agency, or some similar method. Metropolitan Transportation Plan means the official intermodal transportation plan that is developed and adopted through the metropolitan transportation planning process for the metropolitan planning area.