Powys County Council's Countryside Services has a permit scheme in place for motorcyclists who want to ride on Monk's Trod, a well-known
byway in the Elan Valley.
During the prohibition, there will be an alternative route via Restricted
Byway Whickham 149, 146, 137 and Bridleway Whickham 157, 158, 187 and Footpath Whickham 135 and 136.
She is currently one of three vice presidents of Arkansas Delta
Byways, a tourism association that promotes the heritage of the Arkansas Delta region.
The article quotes the council as being 'open to sensible discussions to bring the issue to an end and return the
byway to public use.' Lets hope the council can make this happen.
And the council is proceeding, with a recommendation to Tuesday's meeting that the route be recorded as a
byway.
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byway can be designated under one or more of the six "intrinsic qualities" defined by the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration: archaeological, natural, cultural, recreational, historic, or scenic.
The Chuckanut Drive Scenic
Byway follows the 21 miles along State Route 11 between the Historic Fairhaven District of Bellingham and the Skagit Valley.
In other words, as stated in a 1990 study by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, "The actual dollar increase from visitors using a scenic
byway will be difficult to separate from dollars already spent in the area without the scenic
byway."
The trip along the 100-mile White Mountains Trail, a national scenic
byway, is undoubtedly one of the region's best, offering a loop tour through the forested hills past many of the area's most popular attractions.
Sections of the 22-mile Guanella Pass Scenic
Byway are unpaved (check conditions), but the aspens will make you happy to be driving slowly.
Take a scenic bike tour on the Aufderheide National Scenic
Byway between highways 58 and 126 on Aug.
Grants also are going toward building a rest stop at the Mount Washington Scenic Overlook in Coos County, preserving the Stark Covered Bridge over the Upper Ammonoosuc River, preserving the Cresson Covered Bridge in Swanzey and Ashuelot River Covered Bridge in Winchester and helping Albany acquire more than 293 acres to protect the Mount Washington Valley and the Kancamagus Scenic
Byway, among other projects.
The Kansas Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic
Byway consists of 77 miles along state and county roads in rural Kansas.
The project is expected to improve signs and parking at various sites on the
byway, and makes the towns eligible for grants to improve and possibly restore sites along the
byway.
Byway of celebration I whizzed through the Kingsway Tunnel on my Honda wearing my helmet, underwear and nothing else, while my similarly (un)dressed mate Tracy clung on to me as pillion.
