1. Modifications to the existing farm-to-market road system and designation of farm-to-market routes on new alignment shall be accomplished in accordance with procedural rules adopted by the farm-to-market review board, subject to the following procedures:

 a. Counties shall initiate system modifications by submitting a resolution from the board of supervisors to the department.
 b. The department shall submit the resolution to the farm-to-market review board and provide additional material as requested by the board.
 c. Upon receipt of a county’s resolution requesting a farm-to-market system modification, the farm-to-market review board shall review the proposed system modification and shall consider, but not be limited to consideration of, the following factors:

 (1) Intracounty and intercounty continuity of systems.
 (2) Properly integrated systems.
 (3) Existing and potential traffic.
 (4) Land use.
 (5) Location.
 (6) Equitable distribution of farm-to-market mileage among the counties.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 306.6A

  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 306.2
  • farm-to-market road system: means those county jurisdiction intracounty and intercounty roads which serve principal traffic generating areas and connect such areas to other farm-to-market roads and primary roads. See Iowa Code 306.3
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Upon completion of the review process, the farm-to-market review board may do any of the following:

 a. Approve the requested modifications to the farm-to-market road system and submit the modifications to the department for processing.
 b. Deny the requested modifications.
 c. Request additional information for further review.