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Transportation <br />maintained by the Kittitas County Department of Public Works and adopted by reference <br />provides a detailed description of these various modes. It describes: <br />• Rail service • available freight rail and potential passenger rail. <br />• Truck movements throughout the County. <br />• Public transportation options availab1e -demand response services, shuttle bus services, and <br />intercity services. <br />• Air transportation -provided at Bowers Field Airport, Cle Elum Municipal Airport, De Vere <br />Field, and Easton State Airfield. <br />• Non•Motorized systems-pedestrian and bicycle services and recreational paths. <br />Transportation System Maintenance <br />Preserving and maintaining the public's investment in transportation infrastructure is an <br />important expenditure of public funds. Kittitas County prioritizes maintenance activities as <br />follows: first priority is for emergencies, immediate action is taken to repair damage and correct <br />problems as soon as they are reported; second priority is for items that are scheduled on a yearly <br />basis, including but not limited to: crack sealing. prelevelin& sealcoating, and roadway striping; <br />and the third priority is for preventive maintenance activities that are scheduled on a seven-year <br />maintenance cycle to keep the pavement conditions above a level that would require corrective <br />maintenance or other major repairs. <br />4.3. Land Use, Environment and Economic Development <br />Many of the decisions related to transportation have an effect on land uses, the environment and <br />economic development. Different land uses have different transportation needs and impacts. <br />Transportation improvement projects need to address the environmental impacts of the proposed <br />actions. Similarly, many economic development strategies include the need for transportation <br />facilities. These areas are all inter-related and their relationships need to be recognized. <br />Land Use <br />The final comprehensive plan wiH contain a land use element wi1h a land use plan and policies, <br />which will need to be consistent with the transportation element In the event that the land uses <br />proposed cannot be supported by the existing 1ransportation system and there are no identified <br />means to fund the necessmy improvements, there needs to be 11 mechanism in place to review <br />both plans and either revise the land use plan or otherwise change the level of service standard or <br />project priorities and ftmding in the transportation element This needs to be an iterative process <br />in which both plans are routinely reviewed for consistency and compatibility. <br />Presently, the transportation-related assumptions used in the alternative draft land use plans have <br />been developed as part of the SEPA process. <br />Kittitas County <br />Comprehensive Plan 4.3 <br />December 2016