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Michener ’ s Chesapeake Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

Michener ’ s Chesapeake Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan. …What are the Steps Involved in Creating a CMP?. Vision and Goals (May 2010) Public Workshop - June 22 and 24 Are we headed in the right direction? Preservation and Conservation (July 15) Enhancement Strategies (Sept 23)

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Michener ’ s Chesapeake Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

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  1. Michener’s Chesapeake Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

  2. …What are the Steps Involved in Creating a CMP? Vision and Goals (May 2010) Public Workshop - June 22 and 24Are we headed in the right direction? Preservation and Conservation (July 15) Enhancement Strategies (Sept 23) Heritage Tourism Strategies (Oct 21) Interpretive Development (Nov 18) Road and Right-of-way (February 9, 2011) Public Workshop - Did we get it right? (July 26, 27 and August 4) 7. Draft Plan Review and Implementation www.lardnerklein.com/mcsb_index.htm Michener’s Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway

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  10. … existing interpretive themes Telling the Byway’s Story

  11. … some of these stories are told in your small museums Telling the Byway’s Story

  12. “Emerging Sites” Telling the Byway’s Story

  13. Michener’s Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway Five Goals for the Byway • Preserve and conserve the character of the Byway’s historic sites, landscapes, towns and shorelines. • Provide a distinctive and compelling travel experience • Use the Byway as tool to extend visitor stays • Expanding the range of things to see and do on the Eastern Shore for both visitors and residents • Accommodates the wide range of needs for all roadway users while maintaining the character defining features of the Byway context.

  14. Preserve and conserve the character of the Byway GOAL 1: Preserving and Conserving the Byway’s Character

  15. GOAL 2: Enhancing the Byway Goal: provide a distinctive and compelling travel experience

  16. GOAL 2: Enhancing the Byway Destinations in Communities

  17. Visitor Facilities: Destinations at the End of Branches GOAL 2: Enhancing the Byway

  18. Opportunities for Enhancement … 12 Industrial and Commercial Sites

  19. GOAL 3: Marketing Heritage, Nature-based, and Agri-tourism Goal: Use the Byway as tool to extend visitor stays

  20. GOAL 4: Telling the Byway’s Stories Goal: Expand the range of visitor facilities

  21. GOAL 4: Telling the Byway’s Stories Michener’s Chesapeake and Other Supporting Stories

  22. Goal: Accommodate roadway users while maintaining character • Set the Stage for Flexibility • Select Relevant Guidelines • Improve Safety AND Preserve Character Defining Features GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  23. Traffic Speed and Traffic Safety Issues along the Byway GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  24. SAFETY: Where does this apply? • Intersections • MD 213 and US 50 • Mathewstown Rd and US 50 • Maryland Ave. and US 50 • Transitions to Towns • St. Michaels • Race St., Cambridge • Vienna • Federalsburg • Denton Transportation Strategies

  25. Pedestrians and Bicycles on the Byway • First, slow travel speeds, maintain existing pavement • Focus efforts for additional pavement in areas with greatest need • Where additional pavement width is needed, carefully insert alterations to blend with existing topographic and drainage patterns • In wooded areas, minimizing cut and fill sections in critical root zones • Where additional pavement width is needed, consider the potential impact on operating speeds • Where all else fails,, utilize the “share the road” signage noted above or pavement marking system GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  26. Wayfinding GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  27. Byway Enhancements – Black Walnut Point as a destination GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  28. Byway Enhancements – Concept Study for Bellevue Park GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  29. Byway Enhancements along Public Right-of-Way GOAL 5: Traveling the Byway

  30. …What are the Next Steps Interpretive Plan - funded Route marking replacement signs (fewer signs and coordinated with TAC signs) - funded Establish nine-county coordinating committee (working through heritage areas and tourism offices) Reference CMP in Comprehensive Plans in each jurisdiction – this will help in pursuing outside funding Pursue outside funding for high priority projects www.lardnerklein.com/mcsb_index.htm Michener’s Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway

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