§271c Access Roads

Summary

The Secretary may pick where to build entrance roads into Canyonlands National Park from U.S. Route 160 and State Routes 24 and 95. He can also pick nearby sites outside the park for entrances, administrative headquarters, and for connections between park roads. To get the land or land rights needed, he may accept donations, buy, use condemnation, exchange, or use other methods he thinks are in the public interest. Rights-of-way acquired outside the park may not average more than 125 acres per mile. Those areas and sites will be managed under special rules the Secretary creates. The Secretary may build, rebuild, improve, and maintain the roads, plus needed bridges, other structures, and utilities, on land acquired or already owned by the government. National Park Service funds can pay for this work. If a road crosses national forest land, the Secretary must get approval from the Secretary of Agriculture before starting. The Secretary may also work with the Secretary of Agriculture to extend a forest development road from State Route 95 into the park.