Title
Regional Mobility and its Impact on the Preliminary Thoroughfare Plan and the ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: January 23, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
Development Services - Engineering Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Gary Graham, PE, PTOE, CIP and Traffic Engineering Manager
Michael Quint, Executive Director of Development Services
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Discuss and provide direction to Staff.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This item is to discuss regional mobility issues specifically related to potential limited access roadways/highways in Collin County and its impact on the ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
* An important element of the ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan is mobility and transportation. This citywide component identifies the transportation system that is consistent with, and can functionally support, the community's long term vision for growth and development (i.e. the Preferred Scenario).
* One of the key components to mobility and transportation is the Master Thoroughfare Plan, which identifies the network of roadways needed to accommodate the future growth plans of the community.
* At the August 15, 2016 City Council Work Session, Staff presented a Preliminary Thoroughfare Plan and associated Travel Demand Model (TDM) results based on growth assumptions of the Preferred Scenario at the year 2040 and at buildout.
* While the Council was generally supportive of the Preliminary Thoroughfare Plan, there was also some concern about the level of service (LOS) expected along some roadways under the build out scenario.
* Concurrent with the development of the Preliminary Thoroughfare Plan for ONE McKinney 2040, the Regional Transportation Council, Collin County, and the Texas Department of Transportation also have/had a number of mobility-related initiatives underway rel...
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