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CMP Part 4A. Transportation Plan City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 4A, Page 12 Regional / County Road Access Access to US 12 must meet MnDOT access management guidelines. Hennepin County has established access management guidelines for county roads. Hennepin County requires permits for new driveway access to county roads and when land uses change at a site adjacent to a county road. In addition, the county reviews development plats for access management compliance. Hennepin County typically requires that new access points meet its guidelines; however, the county can make exceptions to the guidelines with sufficient justification. (See Hennepin County Transportation Plan for detailed county access requirements and guidelines). Orono Access Management Management of access to principal and minor arterials is necessary to ensure a safe and efficient arterial system. Direct individual property access to arterials is regulated in the Orono Municipal Code by requiring development of local or private roads to serve new residential developments of 3 or more units; by limiting the number of curb cuts per residence; by prohibiting direct access to principal arterials; and by a number of other regulations involving the location, type and number of access points to the arterial roadway system. However, many of southern Orono’s arterials near the Lake Minnetonka shoreline have historically served a dual function as both arterials and as local/collector streets, due to geographic and topographic limitations. It should be noted that there are existing access points that do not meet City, County, and MnDOT access spacing guidelines. In most cases these access points were established prior to agency access spacing guidelines. In other cases the agency has granted an exception to the existing guidelines. As roadways are reconstructed, each of these agencies generally works to modify and/or relocate access points that do not meet current access spacing guidelines in the interest of long term safety and efficiency. Pavement Preservation / Maintenance. Pavement Preservation is a program employing a network level, long-term strategy to enhance pavement performance by using integrated, cost- effective set of practices that extend pavement life, improve safety and meet resident’s expectations. As the diagram to the right illustrates, as the pavement condition decreases, the cost for the appropriate method of repair can increase significantly. Maintenance activities applied to surfaces in better condition, such as sealcoats, thin or structural overlays may prove to be more cost effective than waiting until the pavement is in poor condition when it is necessary to perform more costly maintenance or reconstruction. Source: “The Hole Story,” American Public Works Association Figure 4A-4: Maintenance/ cost curve