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· A number of jurisdictions will need to prepare management plans for STAs and UBAs now on OHP <br />and Regional freight routes. Jurisdictions having STAs and UBAs already designated will have to go <br />back and do management plans. Funding for preparation of management plans will have to be <br />balanced with other planning needs that exist at the state and local level. <br />B. Significance of State Highway Freight Route Designation <br />The table below was developed to help clarify the significance of an OHP freight route designation. A <br />variety of issues ranging from planning to highway design were analyzed and the significance of the <br />designation ranges from little or no impact to significant impact. The judgment of significance relied on <br />practice, cost and changes in decision making. <br />The significance of the state highway freight route designation and the implications to other existing OHP <br />policies is essential information to incorporate into both in framing the discussion as to which freight <br />routes should be designated and the overall direction of the Oregon Highway Plan as it seeks to find that <br />balance between freight needs and the other users of system. The level of impact is shown in the table <br />utilizing the following symbols. <br />O - Little or No Impact ~ - Moderate Impact - Significant Impact <br />Significance of Oregon Highway Plan Freight Route Designation <br />significance Of <br />issue Impact comments <br />The freight routes are recognized as a system of state <br /> 1. Planning ~ highways that facilitate efficient and reliable interstate and <br /> intrastate truck movements. These are primarily state <br /> highways that carry a significant tonnage of freight by truck <br /> and/or serve as the phmary interstate and intrastate highway <br /> freight connections to ports, intermodal terminals, urban areas <br /> and other states. <br /> The Oregon Highway Plan (OHP) recognizes the importance <br /> of maintaining efficient through movement on these major <br /> truck freight routes but at the same time policies within the <br /> OHP work to balance the need for movement of goods with <br /> other uses of the highway system. <br /> <br />DRAFT September 1, 2004 4 <br /> <br /> <br />