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Comprehensive Plan Initiatives and Policies <br /> Page 4 <br /> <br />Encourage a high level of efficiency, productivity, and quality of service in modes of <br />transportation between Elk River, surrounding communities and the metropolitan <br />areas. <br /> <br />9. Consider reducing access points along major thoroughfares and providing alternative <br /> means of individual property access. <br /> <br />10. Provide appropriate collectors and local streets as links to the existing system. <br /> <br />11. Recognize the needs of the central business district by offering flexible parking and <br /> other traffic design standards. <br /> <br />12. Be sensitive to existing residential developments, environmental areas, wetlands, <br /> existing public parks, and open space when building new, expanded or improved <br /> roadways. <br /> <br />13. Support roadway projects that will help alleviate anticipated traffic problems from <br /> roads or corridors that have been identified as being deficient in the transportation <br /> system. <br /> <br />14. Locate industrial development next to adequate transportation systems and provide <br /> transportation systems that complement industrial development. <br /> <br />15. Encourage akemative land use patterns that create the potential for making better <br /> use of alternative travel modes. <br /> <br />16. <br /> <br />17. <br /> <br />18. <br /> <br />Preserve right-of-way through the development process, in anticipation of corridor <br />needs identified in the Transportation Plan. <br /> <br />Support regional transportation planning initiatives that help further more efficient <br />traffic flows through Elk River while minimizing assOciated visual and economic <br />impacts on the community. <br /> <br />Support regional initiatives that provide choices in commuting to regional <br />destinations. <br /> <br /> 19. Work cooperatively with regional agencies to plan for roadway improvements that <br /> balance local and regional transportation needs. <br /> <br /> 20. Operate a pavement management program to ensure good physical condition of all <br /> local streets. <br /> <br />Housing <br /> 1. Encourage a mLxuu'e of housing opportunities in terms of costs and size while <br /> encouraging a high degree of architectural and site planning integrity. <br /> <br /> 2. Review residential housing standards and regulations regularly to ensure that <br /> neighborhoods maintain integrity and avoid deteriorating market value. <br /> <br /> <br />