§ 306D.1 — Statement of purpose — intent

Iowa § 306D.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 306D: SCENIC ROUTES

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1. The general assembly finds that:
a. The state offers numerous regions through which people can drive for the pleasure of
viewing unusually scenic and interesting landscapes; however, routes to and through these
areas have not been adequately identified for Iowans and state visitors.
b. Amongthosethingsthatattractmotoriststothestate’slandscapeareagriculturallands,
forests, riverbasins, distinctivelandforms, interestingarchitecture, metropolitanareas, small
rural towns, and historic sites.
c. The landscape qualities of unusually scenic routes throughout the state have not been
protected from visual and resource deterioration particularly along routes which pass near
the state’s nationally significant areas such as the bluffs of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, the Amana colonies, the Herbert Hoover national historic site, federal reservoirs,
communities surrounding the state’s natural lakes, the Des Moines river greenbelt, the great
river road, and many others.
d. Aprincipalgoalofeconomicdevelopmentinthisstateistoincreasetheinfluencewhich
travel and tourism have on the state’s economic expansion.
e. Iowans and visitors should be encouraged to travel to and through unusually scenic
areas of the state.
f. A program should be established, following a statewide plan, to identify and promote
highways and secondary routes which pass through unusually scenic landscapes and to
protect and enhance the scenic qualities of the landscape through which these routes pass.
2. In addition to other goals for the program, it is the intention of the general assembly
that the scenic highways program be coordinated with the state’s open space program under
chapter 465A.