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14 Tral1!',portatiol1 ThorouKJ~rare Systel11 Chapter 5 GOAL 5.1: Establish a hierarchy of thoroughfare classification that will provide for safe and convenient flow of traffic throughout community. OBJ. 5.1a: Develop a thoroughfare plan to ensure efficient and desirable connections between major arteries and other thoroughfares. On January 12, 2004, the passage of the paving section (Chapter 6) of the Public Improvements Criteria Manual (PICM) ensured continued improvement in the thoroughfare plan. City staff utilizes Comprehensive Plan Figure 5.3 as the Thoroughfare Plan. The Development Ordinance is currently under review to be updated in compliance with and conducive to the Thoroughfare Plan, and the PICM is part of the Development Ordinance. OBJ. 5.1b: Integrate the thoroughfare network of the community with the regional transportation system. (This Objective is on schedule.) Recent upgrades to Canada Road have provided excellent connectivity from SH 225 via East Blvd. to Fairmont Parkway allowing additional access to commercial development in the western portion of the City of La Porte. This system will eventually connect to Genoa-Red Bluff Road, allowing connectivity to and through the City of Pasadena. Bay Area Blvd. is in the final stages of providing a major connector extension across the City of La Porte from Fairmont Parkway to Spencer. Future expansion of this system via Sens Road will provide an additional North/South access to SH 225 across the central portion of the City. Rather than allowing additional driveway cuts, the City allows and, where applicable, encourages the use of side streets to allow developed joint access to the feeder roads of SH 146. All businesses desiring access to SH 225 and SH 146 are assisted in the pursuit of such access. The City has been invited and has actively participated in the upgrading and planning of the rebuild of SH 146, which is currently in the final stages of plan review. Comments were provided to TXDOT in January 2006. GOAL 5.2: Provide continuity of traffic flow within and between neighborhoods throughout the community. OBJ. 5.2a: The transportation system should offer efficient accessibility to all residential neighborhoods. (This goal is currently behind schedule.) As a matter of course, the continuity of traffic flow within a neighborhood is reviewed and guided through the new subdivision plan review process. As the city has grown and new sections of subdivisions have been built, internal traffic flow and the ability of staff to work with developers to accomplish this has seen continuous success. Older subdivisions, however, have resisted efforts for improved accessibility. Given that residents continue to favor limited access to their neighborhood, planned through streets have not been completed. While this trend tends to protect neighborhood identity, it also isolates and intensifies traffic density onto adjacent streets.