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Have your say! A “Comprehensive Plan” is a com m unity’ s com m o n visio n o f w h a t it w a n t s t o b e l i k e i n t h e f u t u r e . S u c h physical characteristics of a city or county. T hey co ntain th e dr ea m s a n d p l a n s a c o m m u n i t y n e e d s t o g u i d e employment centers and other uses will be located. T hey o fte n s h o w n a t u r a l a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y s e n s i t i v e A “Long Range Transportation Plan” fulfills the require m e nts o f t h e F e d e r a l t r a n s p o r t a t i o n p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s to consider a full complement of transportation m odes - ro a ds , p e de st r ia n s , b i c y c l e s , t r a il s , t r a n s it , p a r k i n g , r a i l - requirements, but also serves as the city and county’ s tra n sp o ra tio n p la n a s a s e c t i o n ( M o b i l it y a n d T r a n s p o r t a - upon the Comprehensive Plan’ s Vision. The plan prese nts th e tr a ns p o rta t i o n i m p r o v e m e n t s t h a t w i l l b e n e e d e d From the Lincoln/Lancaster County Metropolitan Planning Organization Charting the course for Lincoln and Lancaster County Blueprint Blueprint traditional proverb states “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” Quite estimates for each available at various stations during the open house. These alternative routes will later be narrowed to three by the Planning Commission, based on recommendations and public feedback. “I encourage people to come to the open house in advance of the listening forum,” Carroll said. “It is important to hear as much information as possible in making decisions about the future.” Carroll said members of the Planning Commission and staff from It’s your city’s future A the opposite is true when it comes to plan- ning for the future of a city. That’s why two upcoming events encourage citizen participation in the planning process. The Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Commission welcomes input at its public listening forum Wednesday, May 17. The forum will cover top- ics included within the Long Range Transportation Plan and the efforts to update it. “The Comprehensive Plan is a community plan, therefore, it’s impor- tant to communicate with the public on their wishes and goals for the future of the city,” said Eugene Carroll, Planning Commission Vice-Chair. The forum is the public’s oppor- tunity to express their thoughts on the Comp Plan/LRTP update directly to the decision makers. Every comment will be included in the public record. In addition to the listening forum, Public Works/Utilities hosts an open house Wednesday, May 3 to inform citizens of the Long Range Transportation Plan update and to receive citizen feedback. According to Karl Fredrickson, Director of Public Works/Utilities, the open house is a great opportunity for citizens to learn about transporta- tion planning and provide their own suggestions. “It’s the opportunity for people to have input on the future transportation network of Lincoln and I encourage people to come do that,” Fredrickson said. “We have a lot of comments every day throughout the year about transpor- tation in Lincoln and this is a chance to add those comments or make those sug- gestions before we’re done.” Public Works/Utilities has devel- oped eight transportation alternatives (See maps on Pages 3-5) with cost Continued on Page 2 April 2006 Volume 2 Long Range Transportation Plan Open House Wednesday, May 3 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Engineering Services Training Room 531 Westgate Blvd. City/County Planning Commission Public Listening Forum Wednesday, May 17 1:00 p.m. County-City Building Hearing Chambers 555 South 10th St.
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estimates for each available at variousstationsduring theopenhouse. Thesealternativerouteswilllaterbenarrowedto three by the Planning Commission,based on recommendations and publicfeedback. “Iencouragepeopletocometotheopenhouse inadvanceof the listeningforum,”Carrollsaid.“Itisimportanttohearasmuchinformationaspossibleinmakingdecisionsaboutthefuture.” Carroll said members of thePlanning Commission and staff from
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Atheoppositeistruewhenitcomestoplan-ningforthefutureofacity.That’swhytwoupcomingeventsencouragecitizenparticipation in the planning process. The Lincoln/Lancaster CountyPlanningCommissionwelcomes inputatitspubliclisteningforumWednesday,May 17. The forum will cover top-ics included within the Long RangeTransportation Plan and the efforts toupdateit. “The Comprehensive Plan is acommunityplan, therefore, it’s impor-tanttocommunicatewiththepublicontheirwishesandgoalsforthefutureofthecity,”saidEugeneCarroll,PlanningCommissionVice-Chair. The forum is the public’s oppor-tunity toexpress their thoughtson theCompPlan/LRTPupdatedirectlytothedecisionmakers.Everycommentwillbeincludedinthepublicrecord. In addition to the listeningforum, Public Works/Utilities hostsan open house Wednesday, May 3 toinform citizens of the Long RangeTransportation Plan update and toreceivecitizenfeedback. According to Karl Fredrickson,Director of Public Works/Utilities,the open house is a great opportunityfor citizens to learn about transporta-tion planning and provide their ownsuggestions. “It’s the opportunity for people tohaveinputonthefuturetransportationnetwork of Lincoln and I encouragepeople to come do that,” Fredricksonsaid.“Wehavealotofcommentseverydaythroughouttheyearabouttranspor-tationinLincolnandthisisachancetoaddthosecommentsormakethosesug-gestionsbeforewe’redone.” Public Works/Utilities has devel-oped eight transportation alternatives(See maps on Pages 3-5) with cost
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Long Range Transportation Plan
Open HouseWednesday, May 35:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Engineering ServicesTraining Room
531 Westgate Blvd.
City/County Planning Commission
Public Listening ForumWednesday, May 17
1:00 p.m.County-City BuildingHearing Chambers555 South 10th St.
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In addition to streets and high-ways, other modes of transportationwill be under discussion during theopen house and community forum.The Long Range Transportation Planimpactspublictransit,motorizedtrans-port, bicycles and walking. Maps il-lustratingeachwillbeavailableattheopenhouse. “The Long Range TransportationPlan establishes what the city andcounty’s future roadwaynetworkwilllook like,” said Karl Fredrickson,Director, Public Works/Utilities. “IfyoutravelfromPointAtoPointB,thisoutlineswhatthisroutemaylooklikeinthefuture. Butit’snotjust limitedto vehicular traffic. If people like togetaroundbyanymeans,thisdemon-strateshowthecitywillprovidethesetransportationnetworks,ornotprovidethemasthecasemaybe.”
A new study will examine thefutureofpublictransitforourgrow-ing city. You’re invited to learnmoreaboutitatoneoftwoTransitDevelopment Plan open housesThursday,May11. ThefirstopenhousewillbeheldatEnergySquare,1111‘O’St.,Room101,from11a.m.to1p.m.Thesec-ondopenhousewilltakeplacefrom5 to 7 p.m. in the auditorium atBennettMartinLibrary,136S.14thSt. The purpose of the TransitDevelopment Plan Study, an out-growthoftheComprehensivePlan,
the Planning Department and PublicWorks/Utilities will be on hand forquestions and comments during theopenhouse. Lincoln and Lancaster Countyadopted the Comprehensive Plan in2002.Theplan forms a commonvi-siontoguidedevelopmentinto2025.This document includes the desiredpattern of land uses and public fa-cilities necessary to support growth.TheLongRangeTransportationPlanforms an important section of thisplan. It describes an evolving localtransportation system built upon theComprehensivePlan’svision. Federal regulations require thattheLRTPbeupdatedeveryfiveyearstoqualifyprojectsforfederalfunding.Tofulfillthisrequirement,anupdatedLRTPneedstobeadoptedin2007toextendtheplan’svisionto2030. Public Works/Utilities and thePlanning Department lead the CompPlan/LRTPupdateeffort. As theop-
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It’s not just about cars ...
Events cover Transit Development Plan Updateis to identifynear- and long-termpoliciesandactionitemsto enhance transit service inLincoln. An important aspect ofthisstudyisadetailedpublicinvolvement effort includ-ing open houses, stakeholdermeetings, user drop-in ses-sions and public meetings oftheTransitDevelopmentPlanAdvisoryCommittee. Included in the plan willbe a comprehensive opera-tions analysis, developmentofnear-andlong-termtransit
servicealternatives,updatedservice standards and poli-cies, management optionsandfundingoptions. The consultant onthe project is UrbitranAssociates, an engineer-
ing,architecturalandplanningfirmheadquartered in New York City.The findings of the study will beused to update the ComprehensivePlanandtoidentifyactionitemsforthecitytoenhancetransitserviceinLincoln.
erator of the traffic system, PublicWorkshelpsdeterminetheavailabilityofresourcesandfundingnecessarytoaccommodate anticipated growth andtheeffectitwillhaveonexistingsys-tems. The LRTP is updated largelybaseduponpublicinputandthefind-ingsofatrafficmodelwhichservesasatooltopredicthowtrafficwillmovethroughout the city as it continues togrow,aswellasotherfactors,suchascost,environmentalfactorsandsocio-economicimpacts. Whenneededissuesareaddressedand the Comp Plan/LRTP is updat-ed, thedraftwillbe forwarded to thePlanning Commission for a publichearing.OnceamendedandapprovedbytheCommission,theCityCouncil,County Board and the OfficialsCommittee of the MetropolitanPlanning Organization will each re-viewandtakeactionontheplan. “Pleasecomeandprovideuswithyour thoughts,” Fredrickson said.“The feedback people provide edu-
catesusontheirneedsormayremindusofthingswehaven’tthoughtofandwe’llmoveforwardfromthere.”
Get involved with an open house, listening forum
Blueprint 3
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Continuing Growth Base Network
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2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Transportation Alternatives to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
6-lane traffic on 84th Street from ‘O’ Street to Hwy 6 is added in Proposed Alternatives 3, 4 and 6
4-lane traffic on 98th Street from Pine Lake to Adams Street is added in Proposed Alternatives 2, 4, 5, and 6
6-lane traffic on Highway 2 from Van Dorn to the East Beltway is added in Proposed Alternatives 2, 3, 4, and 6
Grade separations are added along Highway 2 from Van Dorn to Old Cheney in Proposed Alternative 5
4-lane traffic is added on Pine Lake/Pioneers/Adams streets from 84th Street to the East Beltway in Proposed Alternatives 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
6-lane traffic is added on Superior Street from I-180 to Cornhusker Highway in Proposed Alternatives 3 and 5.
6-lane traffic is added on US 6/Cornhusker Highway from I-80 Exit 399 to I-80 Exit 409 in Proposed Alternatives 2, 4 and 6.
One Way pairs are added on 33rd/40th/48th streets from Leighton to Highway 2, Vine and Holdrege streets from Antelope Valley to 84th Street and A and South streets from 9th to 70th in Proposed Alternatives 1a, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
6-lane traffic on ‘O’ Street from Antelope Valley to 98th Tech. Rec. is added in Proposed Alternatives 1a, 6 and 7.
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 1a Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 3 Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 2 Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
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2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 4 Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 5 Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 7 Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan UpdateLincoln Area Street and Roadway Improvements
Proposed Alternate 6 Additions to the “Continuing Growth Base Network”
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E-mailingyourideasandcommentsto:
[email protected] VisitingtheWebsite, www.lincoln.ne.gov, Keyword“cpupdate” Faxingideasto441-6377 Gettingonthemailinglist
bycalling441-7491 Attendfuture
CompPlan/LRTP2030Updatepublicmeetings
ContactingthePublicWorks/UtilitiesDepartmentat441-7548,orthePlanning
Departmentat441-7491
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Lincoln NEPermit No. 32
Please circulate this newsletter through your office.
555 S. 10th St., Room 213Lincoln, NE 68508
City-County Planning Commission Public Listening ForumYour opportunity to publicly present ideas to the Commission!
Wednesday, May 17, 1:00 p.m.County-City Building Hearing Chambers, 555 South 10th St.
Long Range Transportation Plan Open HouseWednesday, May 3, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Engineering Services Training Room, 531 Westgate Blvd.
Other meetings and eventsOther meetings and events include meetings of the City-County Common, MPO Technical Committee, the City-County Planning Commission as well as future public open houses. Check the process Web site at www.lincoln.ne.gov, keyword “cpupdate” or call the Public Works/Utilities Department at 441-7548 or the City-County Planning Department at 441-7491.
Please note that all dates and times are subject to change. If you require special assistance at any of these events, please contact the Planning Department at 441-7491 at least 24 hours in advance.
Comp Plan/LRTP Update - Dates to remember
Transit Development Plan Open HouseThursday, May 11, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Energy Square, 1111 ‘O’ St., Room 101
Thursday, May 11, 5 - 7 p.m. at Bennett Martin Library, 136 S. 14th St.
Blueprint From the Lincoln/Lancaster County Metropolitan
Planning OrganizationGetinvolved by:
