The department shall not construct a state highway as a freeway that will result in the severance or destruction of an existing major route for nonmotorized transportation traffic and light motorcycles, unless it provides a reasonable, safe, and convenient alternate route or such a route exists.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 517, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 888