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<br />City of Ramsey <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />Transportation Element <br /> <br />3.4 RECOM:l\fENDED ROAD SYSTEM AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN <br /> <br />This section of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment presents recommended road and trail system <br />facility improvements and expansions. The recommendations were developed to respond to the <br />issues and needs described in the previous section. <br /> <br />Functional Classification of Roads <br /> <br />The functional classification system used by the City of Ramsey should be consistent with the <br />system used by higher level jurisdictions. This is particularly important since Anoka County and <br />Mn/DOT operate and maintain some of the roads within the City. Additionally, Federal <br />Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) funding that is made available to local <br />jurisdictions through the Metropolitan Council is often directed to specific functional classes of <br />roads. For example, Surface Transportation Program (STP) and Congestion Mitigation Air <br />Quality (CMAQ) funds are targeted to principal and "A" minor arterials. <br /> <br />While these funds might not be inaccessible to a community that has classified an "A" minor <br />arterial as a major arterial, use of a functional classification system that is consistent with the <br />Metropolitan Council and other agencies that provide funding for transportation facility <br />improvements, will eliminate confusion and administrative obstacles as well as enable the <br />conrinunity to plan in a manner consistent with the funding agencies. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Figure ~-5 illustrates the recommended functional classification for the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Page 3-21 <br />