Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 730 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 10 - Department Programs › Subchapter 1 - Construction Program › Section 730:10-1-13 - Selection of lake and recreation access projects

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The purpose of the lake and recreation
				access program is to provide direct access to public user facilities located
				within the immediate vicinity of lakes and other recreation areas operated by a
				public agency of the State of Oklahoma, one of its political subdivisions, or
				by the federal government.
(b) The
				definition of direct access is based on generally accepted functional criteria
				defining the limits of responsibility assigned to the various governmental
				jurisdictions. The state highway system can logically be expected to provide
				for the intrastate movement of traffic between the various areas of the state,
				delivering the users of the State's recreational facilities to the general area
				of the lake or other recreational feature. The local road system may be
				expected to provide intracounty service, delivering the user to the local area
				of recreation interest.
(c) Beyond
				the normal limits of state and local responsibility, the Lake and Recreation
				Access Program comes into consideration. This assignment of functional
				responsibility forms the basis for the expenditure of state transportation
				funds off the designated state highway system. It is a special purpose program
				to provide for direct user access and circulation within public facility areas
				built and maintained by a public agency.
Criteria to be considered are as follows:
(1) The project provides primary immediate
				access between the local or state road systems and existing public facilities
				operated as part of a lake, recreation area or historical site,
				and/or
(2) Provides for circulation
				within and between the immediate public use areas associated with the
				facility.
(3) Absence of other
				funding sources (federal programs, other state agency funds, etc.).
(4) Size of the recreational facility to be
				served.
(5) Existing access roads
				serving the same area.
(6)
				Availability of local assistance in offsetting a portion of the cost of the
				improvements (clearing, grading, and roadbed preparation by local government or
				agency).
(7) Right-of-way and
				utility relocations must be provided at no cost to the Department.
(8) The program is not be used to enhance
				private development opportunities.
(9) Binding agreement to be entered into by
				appropriate local government unit or public agency for maintenance of road
				after completing by state. (If road is not adequately maintained, no other lake
				project will be approved for county or area).
(10) The road shall not be a part of
				designated state highway system.
(11) Minimum cost single project to maximize
				geographic distribution.
(12)
				Projects are to be programmed on a statewide basis.
(13) Formal design standards shall be
				developed and approved by Commission setting forth minimum right-of-way widths
				and other relevant geometric features.
(14) No project will be approved for any
				county or city that is in arrears in their payments to the Department for
				right-of-way or other underwriter responsibility unless satisfactory
				arrangements have been made for the discharge of the delinquency.
(15) Previously approved lake access road
				projects can be removed from the construction program by the Transportation
				Commission for reasons including, but not limited to, the county or city having
				failed to execute an agreement to provide right-of-way and utility relocation,
				failure to maintain previous projects, or failure to provide agreed local
				assistance.