ORONO Rural Oasis

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ORONORural Oasis

• Corridor Analysis
• January 12, 2004
• DSU, Inc.

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KEY
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Corridor A County Road 6 East (Ferndale Road to
Brown Road)
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East
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Corridor A County Road 6 East(Ferndale Road to
Brown Road)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Open feel to right-of-way
• Mostly agricultural / natural
• Residential screened behind perforated forest
  edge
• Fast-moving traffic
• NOT a leisurely drive in the country, RATHER a
  drive through the country

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Corridor B County Road 6 West(Brown Road to
Highway 12)
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West
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Corridor B County Road 6 West(Brown Road to
Highway 12)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Even more open feel to right-of-way
• More residential / institutional uses
• Residential not as well screened
• Fast-moving traffic
• Straighter roadway longer views along corridor

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Corridor C Highway 12(Old Crystal Bay Road to
City Boundary)
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12
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Corridor C Highway 12(Old Crystal Bay Road to
City Limit)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Right of way edge seems to undulate
• High quality natural views
• High traffic, high speed roadway

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Corridor D McCully/North Shore/6th
Avenue(West Branch Road to Highway 12)
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully, etc.
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Corridor D McCully/North Shore/6th
Avenue(Highway 12 to West Branch Road)GENERAL
CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Park-like or boulevard character grassy
  lawns, golf course, manicured berms
• Notable vertical undulation
• Corridor disconnected at Watertown

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Corridor E Watertown Road(Willow Drive to City
Boundary)
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road
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Corridor E Watertown Road(Willow Drive to City
Boundary)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• The most varied corridor pastures, small single
  family residential, woods
• Undulates both vertically and horizontally
• Several KEY viewpoints
• Unique rural views and experience

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Corridor F Bayside Road(North Shore Drive to
Leaf Street)
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road
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Corridor F Bayside Road(North Shore Drive to
Leaf Street)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Varies landscape along corridor enclosed forest,
  lake homes and views, pastures
• Variety in housing types
• Seems to dive through the forest

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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road(Highway 12 to
North Shore Drive)
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road
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Corridor G Old Crystal Bay Road(Highway 12 to
North Shore Drive)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Seems settled rather than natural or
  pastoral
• Newer housing developments, but they still have
  split rails and stone columns
• Variety in home types older/smaller, large older
  estates, newer walk-outs on culs-de-sac
• Roadway undulates vertically

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Corridor H Fox Street(Leaf Street to Orono
Orchard Road)
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street
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Corridor H Fox Street(Leaf Street to Orono
Orchard Road)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• A true rural residential road enclosed, narrow
• Variety of housing, but all typically screened by
  forested road edge
• Unique intersections / landmarks
• Notable vertical undulation

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Corridor I Brown Road(City Limit to Willow
Drive)
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Corridor I Brown Road
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Corridor I Brown Road
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Corridor I Brown Road
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Corridor I Brown Road
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Corridor I Brown Road(City Limit to Willow
Drive)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Similar to Fox Street but more refined
• Variety of housing, much of it screened
• Vertical undulation

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Corridor J North Shore Drive(County 15 to the
Noerenberg Channel)
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive
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Corridor J North Shore Drive(County 15 to the
Noerenberg Channel)GENERAL CORRIDOR CHARACTER

• Most natural character
• Open feel to right-of-way, with high quality
  pastoral / natural views
• Road seems to wander through the landscape

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CORRIDOR CHARACTER MATRIX

• Corridor
• A CR6 east
• B CR6 west
• C Highway 12
• D McCully
• E Watertown
• F Bayside
• G Old Crystal
• H Fox
• I Brown
• J North Shore

Land Use R R/N P/N R R/P R/P R R R N/R
Undu- lation Gentle Vert. Both Horiz. Vert. Vert
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Traffic High High High Mod. Mod. Low Mod. Low Low
High
Predominantly
TUNNELED X
OPEN X X
VARIED X X X
EDGED X X X X X
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GENERAL ASSESSMENT

• The most important factors determining the RURAL
  CHARACTER of a corridor are

What you see from the road, and, therefore
What kind of development flanks that road, and
What kind of ENCLOSURE the road has.
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ENCLOSURE TYPES

• Open
• Long views beyond right-of-way
• No corridor enclosure

• Varied
• Enclosure changes rapidly along corridor
• Short stretches of open, edged, and tunneled
  corridor

• Edged
• Solid wall of vegetation along roadside
• Views focused along corridor

• Tunneled
• Vegetation begins to completely enclose roadway,
  above and sides
• smallest scale roadway experience

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ENCLOSURE TYPES

• Open

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ENCLOSURE TYPES

• Varied

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ENCLOSURE TYPES

• Edged

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ENCLOSURE TYPES

• Tunneled