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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element 4. It permits the clear and logical application of funding policies to specific types of highways in that functional classification is used to determine which roadways are eligible for federal funding; 5. It provides stability in system responsibilities, since functional characteristics do not fluctuate significantly over time. As adopted, the Transportation Element uses the federal functional classification system which the Florida Department of Transportation also uses. Table 4.7.1 lists each thoroughfare plan roadway by its functional classification, name, existing functional type, and other characteristics. In 2004, Indian River County and FDOT undertook a reclassification study of the roadway network in Indian River County. As a result of that study, the functional classification of several roadways was changed. At present, virtually all paved highways in the county east of I-95 are classified as urban, with the exception of 66th Avenue (45th Street— CR 510); Oslo Road (west of 58th Avenue); and 82nd Avenue (south of 8th Street). As shown in Figure 4.3.1, minor arterials include 27th Avenue (St. Lucie County to Oslo Road); 43rd Avenue (St. Lucie County to 53rd Street); 58th Avenue (SW 13th Street to CR 510); Oslo Road (58th Avenue to 82nd Avenue); and 82nd Avenue (Oslo Road to 26th Street). In addition, Indian River Boulevard is designated a principal arterial. Right -of -Way and Corridor Protection Like many other local governments in Florida, Indian River County maintains minimum right-of- way standards. The County also engages in right-of-way protection practices, such as maintaining an inventory of parcels subject to Murphy Act right-of-way reservations and coordinating with developers and other agencies, through the county's Technical Review Committee (TRC) process, to acquire right-of-way from new development projects. The county also maintains a map of future road rights-of-way. That inventory, known as the Extended Grid Network, is shown on Figure 4.10. Through the Extended Grid Network, future road rights-of-way are identified on a grid that covers the entire urban service area of the county and extends to the conservation lands of western Indian River County. The Extended Grid Network map depicts collector and arterial rights-of-way on existing roadways, as well as logical extensions of those roadways to undeveloped portions of the county. With respect to right-of-way acquisition, Indian River County, in 2006, expended approximately $4,025,999 on road right-of-way acquisition. That right -of way was acquired in anticipation of a number of roadway widening projects, such as CR 512; Oslo Road; CR 510; 66th Avenue; and 43rd Avenue. In 2006, FDOT expended $6,951,851 on roadway right-of-way acquisition in Indian River County, with approximately $6 million being used to acquire right-of-way on USI south of 0, Street. Community Development Department Indian River County 15