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Transparbftn <br />Public Hearing will be scheduled mid-November, 2006 with the County Commissioners for final <br />public involvement in this update process. <br />4.8. Goals, Policies and Objectives <br />Mini -Modal Transportatlon System, Arterial System, and System <br />Maintenance <br />GPU 4.1 To develop and maintain a safe, efficient and environmentally sound multimodal <br />transportation system in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements. <br />GPO 4.2 Kittitas County shall promote a variety of transporWion modes through the selection of <br />transportation improvement projects and review of development proposals in the Urban Growth <br />Areas, by considering alternative modes when reviewing development applications, incorporating <br />multiple modes into transportation improvement projects, and by establishing development <br />standards to support the use of alternative transportation modes. <br />GPO 4.3 To create a transportation system that provides reasonable circulation for all users <br />throughout the County. <br />GPO 4.4 Kittitas County shall provide a transportation system that enhances the safety of the <br />community and which maximizes the use of the existing road system by maintaining a system of <br />arterials, collectors and local access roads that forms an interoonrrected network for vehicular <br />circulation. <br />GPO 4.5 To provide all-weather, all -season use of the arterial system for the movement of goods <br />and services. <br />GPO 4.6 Kittitas County shall strive to maintain an arterial system that can accommodate legal <br />weights year-round by developing a program for identifying and prioritizing maintmnce and <br />reconstruction projects for roads, which are used primarily fbr freight and good movement. <br />GPO 4.7 To ensure an efficient regional system of arterials is functional, safe and consistent with <br />regional priorities and comprehensive plans. <br />GPO 4.8 Kittitas County shall work with WSDOT, cities and neighboring counties to develop <br />and maintain a system of arterials, collectors and local access roads that forms an interconnected <br />network for the eiiiment movement of goods and people, by prioritizing arterials improvements <br />and maintenance activities based on the function a facility serves, by providing for local vehicular <br />access to arterials while minimizing conflicts with through traffic, and by participating in regional <br />coordination efforts such as QuadCo RTPO. <br />GPO 4.4 To identify and encourage preservation of transportation corridors for future rights-of- <br />way by identifying corridors to be preserved as part of the overall transportation plan, by <br />requiring right-of-way dedication or easements as part of development approval, and by acquiring <br />right-of-way for fixture needs through purchase from willing sellers. <br />Kittitas County december 2016 <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />