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The application process for heritage route designation consists of two steps. First: the sponsor must prepare a pre-application. Among other things, the pre-application will require listing the noteworthy scenic, historic, and/or recreational qualities of the route and verifying that the route is on the state road system. Second: after MDOT's initial review of the route eligibility and potential, MDOT will supply the sponsor with a full application packet. This in-depth application requires maps, photos, detailed mile-by-mile inventory of resources and qualities seen from the road, and a collaborative management plan specifying how the integrity of those resources will be maintained. The Michigan Department of Transportation is responsible for desginating state heritage routes.
Once designated, the local community could then promote the route and its corridor to enhance tourism. Signs will be installed to identify the distinctive characteristics of the Heritage Routes, linking recreational or cultural features with a common theme, such as the historic iron ore mining in the Upper Peninsula or perhaps a scenic and recreational link in another part of the state. Additionally, future editions of Michigan's official map will identify the Heritage Routes.
Currently the pre-application and application form and instructions are available only in hard copy. This site is under construction and eventually you may download the applications and instructions electronically.
To solicit a pre-application form please contact:
- Pete Hanses, Manager
- Michigan Heritage Routes Program
- Michigan Department of Transportation
- P.O. Box 30050
- Lansing, Michigan 48909
- e-mail:hansesp@michigan.gov
- (517) 335-2934
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