Hello,
I have a background in planning and was curious if road and path design was something that was thought about in depth already. As such, there are several quick questions that I had on how road implementation works.
1) Can roads/paths exist through private parcels of land?
2) Can roads/paths exist through settlement parcels or must they always border parcels?
3) For roads/paths in between parcels, will they take square footage away from those parcels or will they be strictly separate and in between said parcels?
4) For roads/paths in between parcels, will the settlement/county have ownership/public rights to the road or will the parcel owners have the right to control that section of road?
5) Is road and path creation strictly parallel or can alternative angles and polygon shapes be used? (For example, 3-way and 5-way intersections, round-a-bouts, triangles, hexagons, and octagons)
6) Can a road/path have two or more elements used in the design of the road? (For example, one side of the road as brick, the other side of the road as concrete)
7) Can multiple roads/paths run in parallel with each other without intersecting or touching?
8) Can a settlement remove existing paths/roads that lead outside of the settlement to create a segregated settlement?
9) Can a settlement or county create a closed course or loop of road to be used as a track for racing? Would the circumstances of this change if it was settlement/county land vs land owned privately by the count or mayor?
10) Lastly, if a mayor or count wanted to widen a road/path which would result in private parcel land being taken/bought, or a building having to be moved, would this be possible? Can private parcel owners also widen their own paths and roads?
These questions are founded on the basis of basic technology. As we research and gain other technologies in the game, I would hope that advanced techniques for road/path design to manage flow of people and goods better will be possible. For example, such things as raised roads, aqueducts, glider runways, and tunnel roads.
Thanks