More ideas for the basic region layout plan. I think this process will be easiest if we start with the basic things we're in agreement on and move forward from there. In this pic I've tried to include some of those basics:

The road layouts are imprecise but I think in general we can agree roads should go in these places, as most are determined primarily by geography.
1. Road(s) heading north from the center along the river valley. Where the valley widens/forks I figure the road will as well.
2. A road heading south from the center along the coast of the bay. The hills and water dictate pretty precisely where this will have to go. This road would be part of a large system circling the bay between the hills and water.
3. A road heading east from the center along the coast of the bay. Part of the same system as road #2.
4. Roads connecting the east shore road with areas east, probably to a city somewhere around Wr and/or Wy and surroundings. Hills leave us few options for paths here.
5. Road(s) connecting the south shore road with the border and local areas off of the main road there (tile Lw for example).
6. A main road connecting the center to the northeast. Plenty of options for routes as the terrain is not as difficult in this area.
7. A road heading west from the center along the valley ending at As.
8. A road heading southwest from the center along the valley ending at By.
9. A road through the valley between Du and Lu.
10. A road following the line of hills between Fq and Jq, joining the radial routes together.
11. One or more beltway systems around the center. Geography leaves these routes pretty flexible so I didn't include them on the map.
12. An airport somewhere along the river valley north of the city. This is essentially the only area with large areas of very flat land which makes it a fairly obvious place for the airport I think. How far away from the center to build it is a less obvious question....
Going beyond the area's of more likely agreement I made a couple other maps of some more ideas.

Possible city areas circled in black
Possible nature preserves circled in purple
Possible seaports circled in orange
Possible airport circled in blue
One more.... I find myself fascinated by the possibility of a 5-way motorway interchange on the outskirts of the main city. Talk about something that might require outside ideas--does anyone here have ideas for a 5-way interchange in a suburban environment? (based on NAM 31 publicly planned specs of course, because this won't be built before then)

These are just vague and very general ideas. The future is wide open

What do you guys think?
NOTE! The Rs-Us route is cancelled as a major highway due to poor planning (guess who's

) and excessive mountains. Instead a primary route is likely to run from Su to Wy. In fact, that route has already been constructed in secrecy as a very minor road--likely (if I'm able to convince you all and my team mates) to eventually become a MHW-override network, aka a Project Symphony route
