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Planning commission approves annual updates to Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
Summary
Commission approved administrative updates and accepted WAMPO's plan to deploy automatic bicycle/pedestrian counters in Haysville this fall; the plan will be forwarded as required for local adoption.
The Haysville City Planning Commission approved annual updates to the city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, including page-number corrections, updated maps, and a note that WAMPO will pilot automatic bicycle and pedestrian counters in Haysville this fall.
A planning staff member said the updates are primarily administrative — correcting table-of-contents page numbers, marking completed priority projects and updating maps — and that WAMPO (Wichita Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) plans to test automatic counters in Haysville later in the year. Staff explained the automatic counters may use radar or pneumatic tube technology, and that staff will continue some manual tally counts alongside the new devices during the pilot.
Commissioners asked whether the changes needed council approval. The staff member clarified the commission can approve the plan itself; the commission moved and seconded a motion to accept the plan as presented, and the motion carried by voice vote. The commission’s action updates the city’s planning record and reflects recent sidewalk and active-transportation projects in the city’s master plan.
Commissioners and staff characterized the pilot counters as an effort to improve data collection for bicycle and pedestrian planning and to reduce dependence on manual counts. The approved updates do not create new mandates or funding commitments; they document completed projects and note the planned WAMPO pilot.
