1990-04-09 Public Hearings and Regular Meeting

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e e CITY OF LA PORTE THOROUGHFARE PLAN The following information was excerpted from the City of La Porte Thoroughfare. This plan is a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The complete Thoroughfare Plan is contained in Volume I (pgs 1-12 through 1-29) of the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed Thoroughfare Plan is a principal component of the La Porte Master Plan, addressing the specific circulation needs and proposed land-use requirements. Principal objectives of the Thoroughfare Plan are to: o increase accessibility to the local street system system, and from La Porte by tying to the regional thoroughfare o maximize the street mobility within the community by separating system local traffic from through traffic, o link major activity anc employment centers in order to reduce local travel times, o discourage heavy truck traffic destined to Barbours Cut, industrial areas in the City's extraterritorial limits, and industrial areas within city limits from using local city thoroughfares, and o provide the necessary thoroughfare capacities to serve adequately future traffic growth. Planning principles that govern the Thoroughfare were adhered to during its development are: thoroughfares, local streets should ~e indirect discontinuous, discouraging through traffic. Plan and Unlike and Thoroughfares are generally classified by their capacity and function. Local Collectors These streets are four-lane undivided local roads in which two lanes are moving lanes and two lanes are designated for parking. Peak- hour traffic capacity for these roads is in the range of 400-600 vehicles per hour per lane. Intersections on these thoroughfares are generally signed only at 1/4-mile intervals. The primary function of these streets is to distribute local traffic within the neighborhood areas. EXHIBIT F