--- a/addons/core/Scripts/Game/ERR/10_AI/ERR_EngineerMineSite.c
+++ b/addons/core/Scripts/Game/ERR/10_AI/ERR_EngineerMineSite.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   return distance >= 25 && distance <= 60;
  }
  // Keep the nearest bounded candidates, with stable ties independent of native
- // road enumeration order. Candidates always belong to an actual road segment.
+ // road enumeration order. Candidates lie beside actual road segments, never a chord across a bend.
  static void Keep(vector post, vector point, array<vector> candidates)
  {
   if (!candidates || candidates.Count() > 128 || !InBand(post, point) || candidates.Contains(point)) return;
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@
   if (first >= 0 && first <= 1) Keep(post, vector.Lerp(a, b, first), candidates);
   if (second >= 0 && second <= 1) Keep(post, vector.Lerp(a, b, second), candidates);
  }
+ // Use the existing finite circle/projection candidates on each road flank.
+ static void FromSegment(vector a, vector b, vector post, array<vector> candidates)
+ {
+  vector direction = b - a; direction[1] = 0;
+  float squared = vector.Dot(direction, direction);
+  if (!ERR_ForceRules.Finite(squared) || squared < 0.0001) return;
+  vector offset = post - a; offset[1] = 0;
+  float fraction = Math.Clamp(vector.Dot(offset, direction) / squared, 0, 1);
+  Keep(post, vector.Lerp(a, b, fraction), candidates);
+  Keep(post, a, candidates); Keep(post, b, candidates);
+  Crossings(a, b, post, 25.01, candidates);
+  Crossings(a, b, post, 59.99, candidates);
+ }
  static bool FromPolyline(array<vector> points, vector post, array<vector> candidates)
  {
   if (!points || points.Count() < 2 || points.Count() > 1024 || !candidates || candidates.Count() > 128) return false;
@@ -43,17 +56,41 @@
   for (int i = 1; i < points.Count(); i++)
   {
    vector a = points[i - 1], b = points[i];
+   // Canonical orientation makes flank/circle rounding independent of native
+   // polyline direction, so equally near candidates retain stable ties.
+   if (ERR_HQRoadIntercept.Better(0, b, 0, a))
+   { vector swap = a; a = b; b = swap; }
    vector direction = b - a; direction[1] = 0;
    float squared = vector.Dot(direction, direction);
    if (!ERR_ForceRules.Finite(squared) || squared < 0.0001) continue;
-   vector offset = post - a; offset[1] = 0;
-   float fraction = Math.Clamp(vector.Dot(offset, direction) / squared, 0, 1);
-   Keep(post, vector.Lerp(a, b, fraction), candidates);
-   Keep(post, a, candidates); Keep(post, b, candidates);
-   // One-centimetre inward margins keep rounding at circle intersections from
-   // authorizing <25m placement or silently discarding the only valid crossing.
-   Crossings(a, b, post, 25.01, candidates);
-   Crossings(a, b, post, 59.99, candidates);
+   vector flank = Vector(-direction[2], 0, direction[0]) * (15.01 / Math.Sqrt(squared));
+   FromSegment(a + flank, b + flank, post, candidates);
+   FromSegment(a - flank, b - flank, post, candidates);
+  }
+  return true;
+ }
+ // Every queried road participates, including narrow roads and degenerate
+ // segment points. A bounded exhausted scan cannot authorize a candidate.
+ static bool FarFromRoads(vector point, array<vector> starts, array<vector> ends, inout int comparisons)
+ {
+  if (!ERR_ForceRules.FiniteVector(point) || comparisons < 0 || !starts || !ends || starts.IsEmpty() || starts.Count() != ends.Count() || starts.Count() > 4096) return false;
+  for (int i = 0; i < starts.Count(); i++)
+  {
+   if (comparisons >= 65536) return false;
+   comparisons++;
+   vector a = starts[i], b = ends[i];
+   if (!ERR_ForceRules.FiniteVector(a) || !ERR_ForceRules.FiniteVector(b)) return false;
+   if (ERR_HQRoadIntercept.Better(0, b, 0, a)) { vector swap = a; a = b; b = swap; }
+   vector direction = b - a; direction[1] = 0;
+   float squared = vector.Dot(direction, direction);
+   if (!ERR_ForceRules.Finite(squared)) return false;
+   float fraction;
+   if (squared > 0)
+   {
+    vector offset = point - a; offset[1] = 0;
+    fraction = Math.Clamp(vector.Dot(offset, direction) / squared, 0, 1);
+   }
+   if (vector.DistanceXZ(point, vector.Lerp(a, b, fraction)) < 15) return false;
   }
   return true;
  }
@@ -63,21 +100,29 @@
   if (!Replication.IsServer() || !ERR_ForceRules.FiniteVector(post) || !GetGame() || !GetGame().GetWorld()) return false;
   SCR_AIWorld world = SCR_AIWorld.Cast(GetGame().GetAIWorld());
   if (!world || !world.GetRoadNetworkManager()) return false;
+  // Any road within15m of a point in the60m band intersects the75m
+  // horizontal neighbourhood. The80m query includes a5m margin; query once.
   array<BaseRoad> roads = {};
-  world.GetRoadNetworkManager().GetRoadsInAABB(post + "-60 -1000 -60", post + "60 1000 60", roads);
+  world.GetRoadNetworkManager().GetRoadsInAABB(post + "-80 -1000 -80", post + "80 1000 80", roads);
   if (roads.Count() > 128) return false;
   int segments;
-  array<vector> candidates = {};
+  array<vector> candidates = {}, starts = {}, ends = {};
   foreach (BaseRoad road : roads)
   {
-   if (!road || !ERR_ForceRules.Finite(road.GetWidth()) || road.GetWidth() < 4) continue;
+   if (!road || !ERR_ForceRules.Finite(road.GetWidth()) || road.GetWidth() < 0) return false;
    array<vector> points = {}; road.GetPoints(points);
    if (points.Count() < 2 || points.Count() > 1024) return false;
    segments += points.Count() - 1;
-   if (segments > 4096 || !FromPolyline(points, post, candidates)) return false;
+   if (segments > 4096) return false;
+   foreach (vector original : points) if (!ERR_ForceRules.FiniteVector(original)) return false;
+   for (int segment = 1; segment < points.Count(); segment++)
+   { starts.Insert(points[segment - 1]); ends.Insert(points[segment]); }
+   if (road.GetWidth() >= 4 && !FromPolyline(points, post, candidates)) return false;
   }
-  // Evaluate at most128 ground/body checks, nearest candidates first. A blocked
-  // nearest point cannot hide another retained, physically valid road point.
+  // At most128 candidates,65536 cached segment comparisons and128 native
+  // settlement/ground/body checks. No per-candidate road queries.
+  int comparisons;
+  ERR_SettlementSafety settlements = new ERR_SettlementSafety();
   while (!candidates.IsEmpty())
   {
    int best;
@@ -86,6 +131,9 @@
    vector point = candidates[best]; candidates.Remove(best);
    vector grounded = ERR_Actors.Ground(point);
    if (!InBand(post, grounded) || Math.AbsFloat(grounded[1] - point[1]) > 2) continue;
+   if (!FarFromRoads(grounded, starts, ends, comparisons))
+   { if (comparisons >= 65536) return false; continue; }
+   if (!settlements.OutsideSettlements(grounded)) continue;
    // BaseRoad has no bridge-type accessor: retain existing road-height and
    // standability rejection, including water and physical bridge obstruction.
    if (!ERR_HQRoadIntercept.Standable(grounded)) continue;