(a) Encourage the Washington State Legislature and Washington State Department of Transportation to complete the improvements to the Highway 101 corridor as outlined in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Palo Alto to O’Brien Road corridor.

(b) Designate the Sequim Bypass as a transportation corridor in the comprehensive plan and ensure that any new development or land divisions are not in conflict with this designation. (See Figure 4.)

(c) Work with the Washington State Department of Transportation and other agencies to ensure that Highway 101 meets the goal that the corridor function regionally for the mobility of goods, services and passengers.

(d) Adopt development regulations prohibiting access to Highway 101 when access to County/City roads is available or when shared access points are available.

(e) Highway 101 should have adequate shoulders for bicyclists. Storage facilities for bicycles should be available in conjunction with transit shelters along the corridor.

(f) Pedestrian facilities (sidewalks or paths) should be planned along the Highway 101 corridor through Carlsborg and Sequim with connections to the Olympic Discovery Trail.

(g) Park-and-ride lots and transit shelters should be conveniently located along the Highway 101 corridor in Sequim and Carlsborg, and at the intersections of County arterials and Highway 101.

(h) Passing lanes should be planned along the highway corridor in rural areas.

(i) The proliferation of stoplights on Highway 101 should be discouraged.

(a) [Policy No. 2] With the completion of Cays Road and Anderson Road extension projects, the circulation system of County roads in rural and resource land areas should be considered completed for this planning area. The County should not pursue new County roads except in those circumstances where roads are built within subdivisions with private funds and then turned over to the County for maintenance.

(b) Policy 3. Improve circulation patterns around the City of Sequim.

(c) [Policy No. 4] Improve circulation patterns within the Carlsborg rural commercial activity center, particularly to ensure minimal congestion caused by industrial and commercial development in the area.

(d) [Policy No. 5] The following road improvements have been identified based on LOS standards, improved circulation, and road width and safety standards. The roads are listed in approximate order of importance:

(a) [Policy No. 6] Improvements to County roads should consider the rural character of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Needed safety improvements should be the minimum necessary to address the safety problem, particularly in rural areas where country roads enhance the character of the area, as well as being a deterrent to speeding. In rural areas, limit the number of access points to County roads in order to limit impediments to traffic and to maintain open space qualities.

(b) [Policy No. 7] When County roads are rebuilt in this area, forecasts of future traffic should be based on the following principles:

(c) [Policy No. 8] Private road standards should allow for flexibility while meeting minimum safety requirements for emergency vehicles, except in those circumstances where it is in the best public interest to develop a public road. Right-of-way standards, improved widths, and surfacing of private roads should not be required at the same standard as public roads. The use of road improvement districts (RIDs) should be encouraged to equitably share the cost of upgrading private roads to land division and fire protection minimum standards.

(a) [Policy No. 9] Nonmotorized travel should be promoted within the Sequim-Dungeness area for multipurpose recreation and transportation trails for users of all abilities.

(b) [Policy No. 10] Encourage development of a path or trail connecting Sequim and Carlsborg, preferably in conjunction with the Railroad Bridge Park.

(c) [Policy No. 11] A path, trail or sidewalk accommodating nonmotorized travel shall be required along Highway 101, County arterials, major collectors within urban growth areas or rural commercial activity centers, and within walking distance of school facilities.

(a) [Policy No. 13] First priority for transit service and facility improvements should be for designated urban growth areas, rural commercial activity centers and routes along the regional transportation system.

(b) [Policy No. 14] Park-and-ride lots and transit shelters should be conveniently located along the Highway 101 corridor in Sequim and Carlsborg, and at the intersections of County arterials or collectors and Highway 101. Design park-and-ride lots with transit shelters and bicycle storage facilities on site.

(a) [Policy No. 15] Ensure that land uses adjacent to the Sequim Valley and Diamond Point Airports are compatible with the continued use of the airports for air transportation needs of the region.

(b) [Policy No. 16] Provide adequate roadway connections between the Sequim Valley Airport and the existing major arterial streets, roads and highways serving the airport. Ensure that there are public transportation connections to the Sequim Valley Airport.

(a) [Policy No. 17] The minimum acceptable level of service (LOS) standard for County roads in both rural and urban areas shall be LOS “C,” using standard rating methodology.

(b) [Policy No. 18] New development, such as land divisions and nonresource uses (other than forestry, agriculture, fisheries) should not be allowed unless served by a County road meeting the following minimum standards:

(a) [Policy No. 19] Place a high priority on investment and expenditure of limited public funds in the transportation system in urban growth areas and limit investment and expenditure in rural areas to arterial development connecting communities and neighborhoods.

(b) [Policy No. 20] The existing transportation system should be maintained before expenditure of limited public funds on expanded facilities.

(c) [Policy No. 21] Traditional funding sources should continue to be the primary funding source pay for improvements to County roads in the region.

(d) [Policy No. 22] The County shall require new development to rectify and/or compensate for impacts to transportation facilities not meeting minimum safety standards or for developments expected to increase demand, such as average daily traffic (ADT), by more than 50 percent over current demand.