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Commission reviews transportation chapter: traffic studies, wayfinding and streetscape among topics raised
Summary
Commissioners reviewed the transportation chapter of the comprehensive plan and discussed when traffic-impact analyses are required, the status of a shelved wayfinding plan, entrance-corridor streetscape standards, and coordination with regional partners on transit and broadband.
Commissioners spent substantial time Thursday reviewing the transportation chapter of Lexington’s comprehensive plan and raising questions about how the city applies traffic-impact requirements, implements streetscape and entrance-corridor standards, and advances pedestrian, bicycle and wayfinding projects.
Planning staff noted the city uses established thresholds to determine when a traffic-impact analysis is required for a proposed development; the Spotswood apartment proposal, the staff said, did not meet that threshold. “I think even by bedrooms, it didn’t even come within a half or maybe a third of the threshold,” staff said when describing the Spotswood project and why a traffic study was not required.
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