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Use available planning and regulatory tools to help implement the plan. The city's <br />authority over planning and zoning can help guide the implementation of the transportation <br />plan. For example, the city can use official mapping to identify the corridor location of <br />future roadways. It can also request that developers dedicate a portion of their land for <br />roadway right-of-way. Another example that could be used if appropriate is interchange area <br />planning and zoning. If it is determined that all or portions of TH 10 and TH 169 should be <br />converted to freeway, the city could develop interchange area plans and/or overlay zones to <br />guide development around future interchanges. That way, future development along TH 10 <br />and TH 169 would have to be consistent with the respective improvement plans for the <br />highways. <br /> <br />In addition, Section 5.1 of the plan discusses access and signal spacing guidelines that should <br />be utilized when determining future access and signal locations on major roadways in the city. <br />This section also refers to sample access management ordinances that are found in Appendix <br />C of this plan. With this information as a guide, the city should implement an access <br />management ordinance so that traffic safety and mobility can be maintained on their <br />functionally classified road system (arterials and collectors). <br /> <br />As stated in the introduction to this plan, the main purpose of the transportation plan is to assist <br />the city in determining what roadway infrastructure the city may need to serve their future vision <br />and to maintain a high level of traffic safety and mobility. If the information and <br />recommendations found in this plan are used and followed, then that goal should be achieved. <br /> <br />Elk River <br />Draft Transportation Plan Update xiv <br /> <br /> August 200J <br />Howard R. Green Company <br /> <br /> <br />