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CMP Part 4A. Transportation Plan <br />ORONO'S ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM <br />A commonly accepted way to describe and analyze a transportation system <br />is through a classification system which indicates different levels of <br />services and different levels of construction standards. This Plan generally <br />follows the classification system outlined in the Metropolitan Council's <br />1996 Transportation Policy Plan. <br />Map 4A-4 indicates the classification plan for streets and roads in <br />Orono. This plan is consistent with the regional transportation plans and <br />facilities of the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation and the Hennepin County Department of Transportation. <br />This plan is consistent with the roadway systems of adjoining <br />municipalities and with Orono's urban and rural land use plans. The <br />following descriptions provide detailed explanations of each of Orono's <br />roadway classifications: <br />PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL Principal arterials are the high-capacity <br />highways that make up the metropolitan highway system. They are <br />intended to be controlled access roadways that move traffic between <br />cities, or in Orono's situation, between the free-standing growth centers <br />and out-state cities west of Orono into the metropolitan area. They are <br />intended to provide for high mobility (movement of high volumes of <br />traffic at sustained speeds) with minimal or no direct access to abutting <br />properties. Principal arterials that are not freeways will incorporate high- <br />capacity controlled at-grade intersections where grade separation is not <br />feasible. State Highway 12 is Orono's only Principal Arterial roadway, <br />although in its current configuration, many access and intersection <br />characteristics are typical of a minor arterial or collector. The proposed <br />re-routed Highway 12 from Wayzata Boulevard to County Road 6 will <br />function more effectively as a principal arterial. At the time the re-route <br />is completed, Old Highway 12 will take on the characteristics of a <br />Reliever. <br />JURISDICTION: Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />VEHICLES CARRIED: 15,000-plus <br />RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH: Freeway: 300 Feet Non-Freeway: I 00-300 Feet <br />ROADS CLASSIFIED AS PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS (3.9 Miles): <br />Highway 12 (3.9 mi) <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan <br />September 2000 <br />Page 4A-23