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Kittitas County December 2016 Comprehensive Plan <br />5. Large commercial through trucks should have their own planned parking, preferably <br />separate from other users (for safety) and visually screened (to preserve the scenic beauty <br />of the Pass). <br />6. A study of current traffic patterns and future growth should be conducted for the corridor <br />between Hyak and Alpental. The study should identify existing problems and examine <br />possible solutions, including the potential of each alternative to: <br />a. Cut down on SR 906 congestion; <br />b. Provide access to future commercial and community facilities at Exit 54; <br />c. Allow shuttle service following the loop; and, <br />d. Enhance opportunities for recreating the historic Sunset Highway and parkway driving <br />within the I-90 corridor. <br />If the study should indicate the need for a frontage road on the east side of I-90, any such road <br />should be designed and constructed with adequate vegetative buffering to minimize the visual <br />impact on I-90, and with drainage capacity to reduce the road's effects on surface and ground <br />water. <br />1. Methods to discourage tourist traffic on residential streets should be developed <br />implemented. <br />2. Street lights should be installed where needed for public safety. Street lights along the <br />frontage of SR 906 should be considered. <br />3. The compatibility (or incompatibility) of the various modes of transportation, including <br />horses, off-road vehicles, mountain bikes, cross country skiers, hikers, walkers, joggers and <br />snowmobiles should be analyzed and appropriate designations and restrictions developed. <br />4. Emergency response services should be accommodated Pass-wide, with particular emphasis <br />in high traffic activity areas. <br />5. Future development should provide roads at county standards, as the same may be <br />amended for the mountain environment. Sidewalks and curbs should only be required in <br />compact, pedestrian oriented "village centers" where no snow plowing will take place. <br />6. New development should, where practical, provide trails that traverse their property which <br />are open to the public, subject to resolution of liability and compensation issues. Trails for <br />cross country skiers and bicycles, should integrate into the overall trail system. Portions of <br />the trail system should be readily accessible to disabled persons and the elderly. Incentive <br />credits should be considered for developers to include planned portions of an integrated <br />public trail system and other amenities (such as exercise stations or view points). USFS trails <br />should be connected with other public trails in accordance with an approved trail plan. <br />7. Permanent display maps should be installed at strategic trail/path/road junctions. A large, <br />permanent overall map should be located at each activity center. <br />8. Heated sidewalks or other means of snow removal or clearing should be considered at <br />commercial centers.