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TRANSPORTATION <br />jmiE, 1980 <br />TRANSPORTATION GQAl S AND POLICIES <br />Orono's Transportation Plan is based upon the following <br />goals and policies which are designed to be consistent <br />with our regional responsibility for coordinate t-ans <br />portation planning, and with the goals, pol-.c-.es, an <br />olans of the other elenents of tne Ccr.nuni-y Manageaen <br />4 <br />Plan. <br />TRANSPORTATION GOALS <br />1.TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE, SAFE TRANSPORTATION NETI^ORK SUFFICIENT TO <br />SERVE THE NEEDS OF ALL ORONO RESIDENTS. <br />2.TO PROVIDE A COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE <br />MODES AND TRAVEL CHOICES FOR MOST ORONO NEIGHBORHOODS. <br />3.TO PROVIDE A COORDINATED PLAN FOR LAKE AREA TRANSPORTATION WHxCH WILL <br />SATISFY BOTH ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. <br />4.TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE GOALS WITHIN THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES OP THE <br />CITY AND ITS CITIZENS. <br />(;PNFRAI TRANSPQRTATTON POLICIES. <br />1.COMMUTER AND GENERAL ARTERIAL TRAFFIC MUST BE DIRECTED AWAY FROM <br />LAKE MINNETONKA. County Road 15 has become the <br />"Main Street" of the Lake Area primarily because <br />of habit and the lack of alternative routes. <br />Shoreline Drive was originally built as a military <br />road in the 1860’s. The road provides the only <br />access to Minnetonka 3each and to many Orono <br />residences. Meanwhile, traffic has increased <br />substantially to where the road is crowded because <br />of commuter traffic. The sensitive environment of <br />Lake Minnetonka, and the property rights of the <br />riparian landowners, are being damaged by continued <br />reliance on this outmoded roadway location. <br />2.ORONO WILL ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE RING ROUTE CONCEPT TO PROVIDE VIABLE <br />EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVES TO CONTINUED OVER-USE OF COUNTY ROAD 15. <br />The City has constructed one link in this system which <br />Already has reduced travel time by up to ten minutes <br />between Mound and wayzata. With additional linkages <br />and intersection improvements, a transportation corridor <br />can bo developed to handle the majority of truck traffic <br />and commuter trips from the Westonka area while relieving <br />the strain from County Road 15. <br />CMP 7-8 <br />,>-.wk.^■