Maintenance Level
FS-643 Roads Analysis Report (8/99) and Forest Service Manual (FSM) and Forest Service Handbooks (FSH) define road maintenance levels (ML) as follows:
Level 1 – Closed for more than 1 year. Not subject to the Highway Safety Act.
Level 2 – High-clearance vehicles. Not subject to the Highway Safety Act.
Level 3 – Passenger vehicles, surface not smooth. User comfort and convenience are low priorities.
Level 4 – Passenger vehicles, smooth surface with a moderate degree of user comfort and convenience. Most roads are aggregate surfaced.
Level 5 – Passenger vehicles, dust free, possibly paved.
Maintenance level 3, 4 and 5 roads are subject to the Highway Safety Act and Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
For information on Forest Service’s directives regarding travel management and to find the agency’s 2005 Travel Management Rule, click on:
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/index.shtml
For the link to California Region 5 Route Designation Process (also known as Travel Management), click on:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/routedesignation/
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