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Image Placeholder <br />201TRANSPORTATION2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />Policies <br />Roadway Design <br />1� Design roadway facilities constructed in conjunction with development projects according to the intended <br />function� <br />2� Upgrade existing roadways, when warranted, by demonstrated volume, safety or functional needs, <br />taking into consideration environmental limitations� <br />3� Emphasize improvements to management, maintenance, and utilization of the existing street and <br />highway system� <br />4� Design/enhance residential street systems to discourage through traffic and to be compatible with biking <br />and walking. This includes consideration of traffic calming measures on local streets and, in some <br />cases, collector streets� <br />5� Design/enhance collector and arterial roadway corridors to minimize through traffic on local streets in the <br />functional classification system, and to be compatible with other transportation modes including transit, <br />bicycle, and pedestrian� <br />6� Use adequate transitions and buffers including, but not limited to, earth berms, walls, landscaping, and <br />distance to mitigate the undesirable impact of high volume roadways� <br />7� Promote use of sound mitigating features for residential development adjacent to high volume roadways, <br />and make property owners and land developers responsible for noise attenuation at new developments <br />near high volume roadways� <br />8� Encourage beautification of local corridors, where appropriate, with amenities such as landscaping, <br />decorative street lighting, and monuments� <br />Roadway Function and Access <br />1� Provide logical street networks to connect residential areas to the regional highway system and local <br />activity centers� <br />2� Adequately control access points to the regional roadway system (including minor arterials) in terms of <br />driveway openings and side street intersections� <br />3� Provide access to the local street system (including collector and local streets) in a manner that <br />balances the need to safely and efficiently operate the street system with the need for access to land. <br />4� Encourage, through roadway design and signage, intra-area trips on minor arterials rather than the <br />principal arterial system, and promote serving regional trips on the metropolitan highway system� <br />5� Separate, to the extent possible, conflicting uses on the public street system in order to minimize safety <br />problems� Give special attention to pedestrian and bicycle routes� <br />6� Provide access to developing sites using current functional classification and standards. <br />7� Review and update regional and local functional street classification and coordinate with adjacent cities <br />and Washington County. Establish subcategory classifications and criteria for local streets if warranted. <br />Revise local roadway classifications when warranted.