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FIGURE 17.15
Design collaboration with tribal government.
Client as Design Partner
Working very closely with the tribal government and state and federal transpor-
tation departments, Jones & Jones created a framework for the design process, a
set of goals that captured how the road could better fit with the Tribes' homeland
from respecting the character of the place, people, and wildlife to revitalizing small
communities along the corridor to restoring fragmented habitat areas (Figure 17.15).
These design principles ranged from respecting the character of the place, people,
and wildlife, to revitalizing small town communities along the corridor, to restoring
fragmented habitat areas. Specifically, these principles included:
Develop understanding of the land and relationship of CSKT to the land
Develop concepts that respect integrity and character of place, people, and
wildlife
Create a better visitor understanding of the CSKT homeland
Respect and restore the way of life in small communities along the road
Explore ways the land can shape the road rather than the other way around
Restore habitat areas fragmented by the road
As a result of this collaboration, the design team of landscape architects, civil
engineers, and traffic engineers produced a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for
the redesign of the highway. The MOA established a three-government decisions
making process with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Montana Department of Transportation
(MDT) as equal partners. The MOA ended the ten-year stalemate, and established
the Design and Alignment concepts, Design Guidelines and Recommendations,
Wildlife Crossing Workbook, and the necessary safety and performance criteria for
the project. The MOA therefore became the visionary and operational guidebook for
the redesign and construction of U.S. Highway 93 (Figure 17.16).
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