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classified as hazardous. Thoroughfare Plan Map reflects the County’s
› Coordinate the development of the goals for cross-county mobility and the long-
Wamego truck-bypass project with local range roadway network outlook.
and regional entities to ensure that as the • Work with KDOT to update KDOT’s Functional
project proceeds (now that funding has Classification Map for Pottawatomie County to
been secured), the existing road network and achieve adequate mobility and preserve rights-
signage are tied into the project and project of-way. The KDOT Functional Classification Map
advancement is clearly communicated to for Pottawatomie County was last updated and
all users. approved by the County in 2013. The map is
intended to be updated every 5-10 years.
• Emphasize resiliency in future transportation
network planning, including both redundancy › Periodically conduct signal warrant studies
in systems as well as protection from potential as area traffic volumes increase with new
hazards and threats. development. In areas that are already
managed by traffic signals, signal timing
› Maintain emergency planning and public
should be reviewed, particularly in congested
awareness of evacuation routes as a priority.
areas, to determine if timed traffic signals
› Work to expand the number of residents are appropriate relative to the volume and
who are signed up to receive emergency peaks in traffic flow. Adjustments should
alerts via the notification system utilized be made to traffic signals so they are timed
by the County. Vulnerable residents, such accordingly.
as the elderly, the mobility impaired, and
residents lacking personal transportation, • Preserve traffic capacity by implementing access
need special evacuation and emergency management and other Transportation Systems
planning attention, including potential Management (TSM) provisions in the County.
coordination with transit providers for use › For predominantly commercial corridors
of buses. within the County, consider the applicability
› Continue discussions for the development and benefit of implementing the following
of a second route connecting Manhattan access management improvements: For
and Pottawatomie County. Pursue a major and minor arterial class thoroughfares,
cost-benefit study of the Marlatt/Junietta consolidate driveways and interconnect
extension and work collaboratively to parcels through cross access easements
continue to advance the potential for this wherever possible so that automobile and
project. pedestrian circulation is possible without
going out onto an arterial thoroughfare.
• Coordinate transportation recommendations Studies indicate that halving the number of
that come out of the Green Valley Area Plan with access points results in about a 30 percent
the recommendations of this Comprehensive decrease in the vehicular accident rate.
Plan. For more information on the Green Valley
› Design intersections and access points to
Area Plan see the Economic Opportunity section.
simplify and coordinate signal sequences
• Work with the FHMPO to create a Pottawatomie and to minimize congestion.
County Thoroughfare Plan Map. Ensure the › Limit curb cuts to avoid excessive turning
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