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Regional Aviation System All communities must include an aviation element in the transportation sections of their comprehensive plans. The degree of aviation planning and development considerations that need to be included in the comprehensive plan varies by community. Even those communities not impacted directly by an airport have a responsibility to include airspace protection in their comprehensive plan. The protection element should include potential hazards to air navigation including electronic interference. Local comprehensive plans can also begin to consider other aviation uses which do not take place at airports, like drones. Your community is within the influence area of Anoka-Blaine Airport and Surfside Seaplane Base. The LTCP for the Anoka-Blaine airport is shown in the Aviation Supporting Information document of the TPP. The full Anoka-Blaine LTCP can be found here. The Anoka-Blaine LTCP has not been updated since the 2040 TPP was last updated in 2020 but is planned to be updated and amended into the TPP in 2027. Consideration and information for Surfside Seaplane Base should be updated in your community’s2050 Comprehensive Plan. Communities influenced by this airport should review the LTCP to ensure that the updated comprehensive plan developed by the community remains consistent with the airport plans. Consult the LPH for specific comprehensive planning requirements and considerations such as airport zoning, noise and other environmental mitigation, airport development and economic impacts, ground access needs, infrastructure requirements, and general land use compatibility. Local communities should also consider other facilities which may generate aviation activity, such as heliports or private air facilities. To see all aviation facilities in the region including those that are not defined as a part of the regional aviation system, refer to Figure 6 of the Aviation System Plan. Regional Bicycle Planning The RBTN is depicted on Figure 2 of the Bicycle Investment Plan. The network consists of Tier 1 and Tier 2 corridors and alignments. These are not intended to be the only bicycle facilities in the region, and local units should also include local network plans in their communities. In your communitythere are one RBTN corridors and three alignments. Your community should incorporate the RBTN map within your local bicycle plan maps and use your comprehensive planning process to identify suitable alignments within and along the RBTN corridors for future incorporation into the TPP. In addition, agencies should plan their local on and off-road bikeway networks to connect to the designated Tier 1 and Tier 2 alignments, as well as any new network alignments within RBTN corridors to be proposed in local comprehensive plans. Bikeway projects that complete segments of, or connect to, the RBTN are given priority for federal transportation funds through the Transportation Advisory Board’s biannual regional solicitation. In your community there are one or more identified bicycle barrier crossings. To determine which regional bicycle barriers and prioritized barrier crossing improvement locations occur within your community, please review the Regional Bicycle Barriers Online Map. The tiered crossing improvement locations are used as one alternative criterion in the Regional Solicitation to distribute federal transportation funds. Communities are encouraged to analyze 2025 SYSTEM STATEMENTTRANSPORTATION13