[Electronic-lan] Fwd: Staff response to comments submitted about T2040 Draft. (grrrrr)

[Melinda]

Universal response from staff on comments submitted about T2040 Draft, 
referring to 19th Street project. (AND THERE WERE SO MANY AWESOME 
COMMENTS SUBMITTED!) This is amazingly discouraging. The link to all the 
comments is in the forwarded email below.


"The T2040 Steering Committee recommended a downgrade in street 
classification on the Major Thoroughfares map from Minor Arterial to 
Collector for 19th Street from Haskell to O’Connell and maintains a 
connection to O'Connell/Venture Park, which is an important industrial 
park for the community. Transportation networks work to balance the land 
access and thru movement of traffic on the network rather than a single 
segment. Network planning ensures connectivity and access, as well as 
guides local decisions on corridor preservation, access management, and 
roadway design. T2040 Steering committee weighed the arguments and 
determined connecting 19th Street and O'Connell at a Collector 
classification was appropriate to ensure the viability and balancing of 
the entire network throughout East Lawrence.

The City of Lawrence has requested inclusion of the 19th Street 
improvements into T2040, which are consistent with the adopted Capital 
Improvement Plan. 19th Street - Haskell to O'Connell is classified as a 
collector, which per the City of Lawrence traffic calming policy 
provides expanded design options for traffic control measures and 
accounts for residential land use fronting the street. Project design 
(street standards, number of lanes, lane dimensions, and inclusion of 
bicycle and pedestrian amenities) will be determined by the City of 
Lawrence."



-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	TAC Meeting Revised T2040 and Full Public Comment | March 2018
Date: 	Mon, 5 Mar 2018 18:47:53 +0000
From: 	Lawrence-Douglas County MPO <mpo at lawrenceks.org>
Reply-To: 	Lawrence-Douglas County MPO <mpo at lawrenceks.org>
To: 	melin at sunflower.com



TAC Meeting Revised T2040 and Full Public Comment | March 2018
Lawrence-Douglas County MPO

View this email in your browser 
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        *Lawrence-Douglas County*
        *Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)*
        *Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting*


The T2040 public comment period ended on Friday, March 2nd. The public 
comment pdf has been updated (linked on the TAC meeting agenda) to 
include all comments and MPO staff responses. The T2040 plan draft has 
also been updated (however, final formatting and web mapping is underway).

Please find the agenda packet for the March 6, 2018 meeting at the 
following link:

https://lawrenceks.org/boards/technical-advisory-committee 
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This meeting will be held in the Planning Conference Room, City Hall, 6 
East 6th Street Lawrence, Kansas 66044 at 1:30 PM. Please let us know if 
you have any questions.




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