Control of Access

The condition where the right of owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons to access, light, air, or view in connection with a highway is controlled by public authority. Full Control: Preference is given to through traffic by providing access connections with selected public roads only, and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private driveway connections. Partial Control: Preference is given to through traffic to a degree that, in addition to access connections with selected public roads, there may be some crossings at grade, and some private driveway connections. Critical Path Method (CPM). The method of network scheduling that utilizes computer programs to ( i) arrange the sequence of project activities based on activity relationships and durations, (ii) show early and late activity start and completion dates, ( iii) determine the longest continuous sequence of activities, the critical path, that establishes the minimum overall project duration and identifies the activities on that path, and (iv) facilitate allocation of resources and estimates of contract earnings.