(a) Encourage the Washington State Department of Transportation to retain all of their properties adjoining Highway 101 for future use as rest stops, scenic pullouts, roadside parks and future transit pullouts.

(b) 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. Included in this goal would be review of State access policy to ensure the direct access to the highway from individual properties is minimized.

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

(d) Highway 101 should have adequate shoulders for bicyclists. Current deficiencies should be corrected to encourage bicycle commuting. Storage facilities for bicycles should be available in conjunction with transit shelters along the corridor.

(e) Park-and-ride lots and transit shelters should be conveniently located along the Highway 101 corridor in the Forks Urban Growth Area and at intersections of County arterials and Highway 101.

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

(g) The proliferation of stoplights on Highway 101 should be discouraged. New development should be encouraged to locate at existing intersections where stoplights are already in place.

(a) The County should not pursue new County roads outside of the Forks Urban Growth Area except in those circumstances where roads are built within subdivisions with private funds and then turned over to the County for maintenance.

(b) Road systems in rural and resource areas should be at rural and resource land standards which preserve the essential character of the land use.

Improvements should be made to regionally significant roads such as LaPush Road, Burnt Mountain Road, Mora and Quillayute Road, in order to accommodate alternative modes of transportation including bicycles and transit, thus encouraging the reduction of single occupancy vehicle use and enhancing recreational opportunities in the West End Planning Region.

(c) The following road improvements have been identified based on LOS standards, improved circulation, and road width safety standards.

(a) When County roads are rebuilt in this area, forecasts of future traffic should be based on the following principles:

(b) 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 standards.

(a) Non-motorized travel should be promoted within the West End Planning Region for multipurpose recreation, when it is determined to be cost effective. The County should continue work on the design, construction, and maintenance of the Olympic Discovery Trail (ODT) and other trail systems, including Kugel Creek Bicycle Loop, the Snyder-Jackson Trail connecting the Forest Service ranger stations via Rugged Ridge, the Pacific Northwest Trail, Elk Creek Mountain Bike Loop, Clallam Bay-Sekiu Trail, Sekiu to Owens Park, the Coastal Tsunami Evacuation Route, and other trails as identified by community members and other trail groups and work to provide connector trails between the ODT and these systems to provide companion facilities such as rustic campgrounds.

(b) The following are the designated bicycle routes. All roads on a designated bicycle route should have a minimum improved shoulder width of three to five feet, depending on the speed limit of the road. However, in all such improvements, the additional costs associated with meeting bicycle requirements should only be funded if the benefits of such improvements outweigh the costs when compared to both current and projected bicycle use.

Highway 101    Burnt Mountain

LaPush Road    Sol Duc Valley, Cooper Ranch and Clark Road Loop

Mora Road    Sol Duc Hotsprings Road

(a) First priority for transit service and facility improvements should be for designated urban growth areas, rural centers (including tourist commercial designations), and routes along the regional transportation system.

(b) Park-and-ride lots and transit shelters should be conveniently located along the Highway 101 corridor in Forks, Beaver, Sappho and Quillayute Prairie Airport, 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) Ensure that land uses adjacent to the Quillayute Prairie Airport are compatible with the continued use of the airport for air transportation needs of the region.

(b) If developed for commercial use, provide adequate roadway connections between the Quillayute Prairie Airport and the existing major arterial streets, roads and highways serving the airport. Ensure that there are public transportation connections to the Quillayute Prairie Airport.

(a) Place high priority on investment and expenditure of limited public funds on the transportation system in urban growth areas and limit investment and expenditure in rural areas to arterial development connecting communities and neighborhoods.

(b) The existing transportation system should be maintained before expenditure of limited public funds on expanded facilities.

(c) Traditional funding sources should continue to be the primary funding source pay for improvements to County roads in the region.

(d) 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.