Art. 3 Roads Act (StrG) - General Principles

1. Roads must be planned, designed, constructed, and maintained according to their purpose and function. The road network serves the requirements-based access of the canton and the municipalities.

2. In doing so, the following principles must especially be appropriately considered

a) traffic safety;

b) the protection of vulnerable road users;

c) the needs of public transport;

d) the concerns of spatial planning and environmental protection;

e) the requirements of established settlements and local aesthetics, as well as nature and landscape.

3. For the technical design of transport facilities, the recognized standards of road construction technology must be adhered to, particularly the norms of the Swiss Association of Road Engineers.

4. The canton and municipalities coordinate their projects with other spatially relevant tasks of the Confederation, the canton, and the municipalities, and harmonize them with one another.

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