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Highland Council narrows 11200 North to local street; approves citywide flexibility for road standards
Summary
After lengthy public comment and planning-commission split, the Highland City Council voted June 3 to reclassify most of 11200 North as a local road and to add a citywide general-plan provision allowing the council to approve alternate street cross-sections when physical or ownership constraints make standard construction impractical.
Highland City Council on June 3 approved two changes to the transportation element of the city's general plan: reclassifying most of 11200 North from a two-lane residential collector to a local street and adding a policy giving the council limited flexibility to approve alternate street cross-sections where “significant obstacles” prevent construction to the city standard.
The reclassification will generally reduce the planned right-of-way for 11200 North from the collector standard (66 feet, with 44 feet of asphalt) to the local-street standard (56 feet, with 34 feet of asphalt). Council voted 5-0 to reclassify the existing built segments of 11200 North as local streets but left an unbuilt gap in the corridor unclassified so staff can return with additional analysis and design options for that specific segment.
City planning staff told the council the change reflects how most of 11200 North has been built and used: traffic counts on the segment are roughly in line with local streets (about 1,000 trips per day), and the street already has many residential…
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