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Kittitas County Transportation Element 2018 provide access to the over 500 miles of snowmobile and dirt bike trails in the county. 11. Identify roads that are needed to access the county's recreational lands and develop partnerships with other jurisdictional agencies to seek funding to improve or construct these roads. I KITTITAS COUNTY ROAD SAFETY PLAN The 2017 Kittitas County Road Safety Plan aims to reduce serious injury and fatal accidents throughout the County road network. The plan catalogues areas with roadside hazards, clear zone inventory, bridge rail deficiencies, and corridor/intersection improvements. It ranks projects to identify the highest priority improvements with the greatest benefits. Relevant components of the Safety Plan were included in this Transportation Element. I ELLENSBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN As a part of its recent Comprehensive Plan update, the City of Ellensburg completed a transportation assessment. This plan identified key transportation goals and improvement projects for a 20-year planning horizon. Some of these projects will affect travel outside of the city, including bike and pedestrian connections to regional trails, expanded transit service, and roadway projects along University Way. I QUADCO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN QUADCO is the regional planning organization consisting of Adams, Grant, Lincoln, and Kittitas Counties. The QUADCO Regional Transportation Plan establishes a regional method of decision making that is also consistent with statewide goals. It identifies six major goals for the region : 1. Safety -Protect the safety of our community. 2. Preservation -Preserve and extend the life and utility of prior transportation system investments. 3. Economic Vitality -Enhance our region's economic vitality by promoting and developing transportation systems that stimulate, support, and enhance the movement of people and goods. 4. Mobility -Enhance the mobility of people and goods throughout the region by providing an interconnected transportation system and opportunities for choosing different transportation modes. 5. Environment -Protect our region's environment and high quality of life through transportation investments that promote energy conservation, enhance healthy communities, and protect the environment. 6. Stewardship -Improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of our region's transportation system and growing communities with cost effective investments that have public support. KITTITAS COUNTY PARK, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE (PROS) PLAN The 2016 Park, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan inventories Kittitas County's current open space, park, and trail facilities. It also outlines future demand and the preferred actions for the expansion and management of these spaces. It identifies 12 goals; the three that are most relevant to this effort are included here: • Strategic Role -Undertake a strategic approach to open space, trail, park, and recreation facilities and recreation servrces where Kittitas County assumes responsibility for functions of countywide interest where there are no other viable sponsors, and helps coordinate or support functions and activities that have other viable sponsors. • Trail Systems -Facilitate the planning, development, and operation of a variety of countywide trails including winter, water, horse, off-road hike and bike, off-road vehicle and all-terrain vehicle trails, on-road bicycle touring routes and scenic drives that are directly related to environmental resources that are of most interest to Kittitas County residents and tourists. • Design Standards -Develop and maintain design guidelines to ensure facilities are 6IPage