790 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 485

PARKWAYS

149. (a) The State Roads Commission may lay out, estab-
lish and construct any State highway as a parkway. A reso-
lution adopted by the Commission stating that a proposed
highway is to be constructed as a parkway shall be conclusive
evidence that the highway when constructed is a parkway,
with all the characteristics and incidents prescribed in this
section.

(b) In the construction of a parkway or in connection with
a parkway, the Commission may acquire such, real property or
interests in real property as it considers necessary or desir-
able for the roadways, including service or feeder roads, and
for landscaping, parking areas, protection of the parkway
or of adjacent scenery, or for the restriction or regulation of
uses or structures on land abutting on or near the parkway.
Such real property or interests in real property may be
acquired by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise in the
same manner and by the same procedure as property may
now or hereafter be acquired for State highway purposes.

(c) When any highway is constructed as a parkway no
owner of land abutting on the parkway or other person shall
have any right of ingress or egress to, from or across such
abutting land to or from the parkway, but the Commission
at the time of the construction of the parkway or thereafter,
shall designate points at which access will be permitted, upon
such terms and conditions as it may specify from time to time.

(d) When any highway has been constructed as a parkway,
the Commission

(1) may regulate, restrict or prohibit access to such
parkway from any existing highway, road or street or from
any new highway, road or street; provided, however, that
reasonable access to such parkway from any existing or any
new highway, road or street, shall be provided; and

(2) may regulate, restrict or prohibit the use of such park-
way by various classes of vehicles or traffic; provided an
alternate route is provided for such restricted or prohibited
classes of vehicles or traffic; and

(3) may maintain, discontinue, abandon or close and
exercise all other powers with respect to such parkways to
the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of
other highways.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1941.

Approved April 23, 1941.