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Mr. McKinley referred to the Goals, Objectives, and Policies Element; Street - and Highway Element; and Bicycle Element of the plan, explaining that listed projects and maps were keyed to the different elements. The Street and Highway Element is divided into three time phases by which the projects will be included into future Capital Improvement Programs. Ms. Ehrman expressed concern about how the TransPlan fits together with the CIP and Mr. Reinhard explained that the TransPlan projects and the current CIP projects will be integrated and that the CIP would be updated annually. Some current CIP projects will be updated or replaced by the TransP1an projects. Mr. Gleason added that the TransP1an, once adopted, would become a policy foundation for prioritizing projects. Mr. McKinley continued by referring to the Financial Element in the TransP1an, which was not included in the T-2000 Plan. Several projects in the T-2000 Plan were dropped in the TransPlan, according to Mr. McKinley: 6th/7th Freeway; WOW Hall Ramps; Linco1n/Charnelton Couplet; 30/30 Connector; and North Delta Extension. These were dropped either for financial reasons or because of other alternatives. Two major projects which were not in T-2000 were added to the plan: 1. Extension of Beltline to Willow Creek Area Mr. McKinley explained that a refinement study of this area will be needed as e well. Mr. Reinhard said that the County has raised several questions about this project. Ms. Bascom asked if the widening of West 11th was included and Mr. Reinhard said no. 2. Valley River Bridge Rather than doing expensive improvement and modification of the Washington/ Jefferson Bridge, it is suggested that a Delta Highway/Be1tline Bridge would be an alternative. This is project 314 in TransPlan's Highway Element. Ms. Bascom asked if this was similar to the Park Avenue connector. Mr. Reinhard said that it was geographically close but would serve not only the River Road and Valley River Center area, but the southwest Eugene area as we 11. It would reroute southwest Eugene traffic to the Valley River Center and Goodpasture Island area off of 6th and 7th avenues. II. IDENTIFICATION AND ISSUES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSPLAN A. Washington/Jefferson Bridge Improvement Mr. Miller expressed concern about the merging lanes on the Washington/ Jefferson Bridge interchange to Valley River Center. He suggested that a widening of the merging area be added to the TransP1an. Mr. Reinhard agreed that this could be added. In a later discussion, it was suggested that this would be a short-range project and should be suggested to the State agency for investigation. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 25, 1985 Page 2