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plan will be developed that combines local land use planning needs while recognizing the special significance of the designed State Highway freight system. See Policy lB which requires a highway segment designation on a designated OHP Freight Route or Region Freight System include the development of a management plan approved by both ODOT and the local government. The design of designated freight routes will impact highway designs involving roadway section widths, median barriers, intersection designation and will require higher mobility standards for Statewide Highways. Regional and local jurisdictions may designate their own freight route systems, but these designations should be compatible with or complementary to the designation of routes in the State Highway Freight System. The State Highway Freight System designation does not guarantee additional state investment in these routes. However, three special management strategies are available: - Highways included in this designation have higher highway mobility standards than other Statewide Highways (see Policy 1F). - The highway's function as a freight route should be balanced with local accessibility in Special Transportation Areas and Urban Business Areas. This balance is defined through a management plan developed jointly by the local government and ODOT. - Freight system routes may be treated as Expressways outside of urban growth boundaries and unincorporated communities. (See Action 1C.3 and the definition of Expressways in Action lA.2.) Editors Note: The following additional changes will be made to conform these amendments to the Oregon Highway Plan. · Page 65 of the OHP: Update the map that depicts the State Highway Freight System. · Page 66 of the OHP: Delete Table 5. (A more accurate listing of the highway segments associated with the OHP freight routes can be found in Appendix D of the OHP.) · Page 121 of the OHP: Revise Action 4A.4 Efficiency of Freight Movement Action 4A.4 Maintain and improve roadway facilities serving intermodal freight facilities that are part of Oregon's Intermodal Management System, and support development of new intermodal roadway facilities where they are part of a local or regional transportation system plan. Recognize National Highway System intermodal connectors as part of the freight network in transportation planning and funding considerations. Manage state-owned intermodal connectors according to their state highway classification as Regional or District Highways. Add new Action: Action 4A.8 Recognize that local truck routes are important linkages in the movement of freight throughout the state. ODOT will develop a process to consider requests to establish local government designated truck routes which will serve to detour trucks off the state highway system. ODOT will coordinate with local jurisdictions when designating, managing and constructing a project on a local freight route. DRAFT September 1, 2004 19