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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element Subsequently, the Board of County Commissioners revisited the concurrency issue and changed its policy. Consistent with state concurrency allowances, the Board opted for a three year period, instead of a two year period. In the future, the county should maintain that policy. Subdivision Collector Roadways Besides the capacity needs of the transportation system, there is a need in some areas of the county to provide access ways which ensure a well designed local road pattern. To address this need, the county has established subdivision collector roadways. While subdivision collectors are not major roads on the county's thoroughfare system, they do function at a higher level than regular local roads. As with local roads generally, subdivision collectors are not funded with traffic impact fees, nor can traffic impact fee credit be given for their construction. As indicated in the existing conditions section of this element, subdivision collector roadways require a minimum of 50' to 60' feet of right of way. Figure 4.9.1 of this element depicts the county's subdivision collector roadways. Critical Transportation Areas Throughout the County, there are "critical transportation areas" that need additional review to ensure that level of service standards will be maintained. These "critical transportation areas" are areas which have roadways that are currently operating at or above the county's minimum adopted level of service standard but, as future impending development occurs, may operate below the established minimum level of service standard. These areas usually are experiencing rapid development and could have existing roadway physical constraints, such as drainage canals located alongside the roadway. A recent plan adopted by the MPO provides a method to identify these critical transportation areas. Required by state law, the MPO's Congestion Management Process includes a set of prioritization criteria, which are the criteria used to identify critical transportation areas. Once critical transportation area roadways are identified, they are analyzed using the system level and corridor level criteria in the plan. As structured, the congestion management system described in the MPO's CMP Plan is implemented on an annual basis by MPO staff. The result of the MPO's annual CMP analyses is a set of proposed improvement projects to address the congestion problems on critical transportation area roadways. These proposed improvements are then programmed for implementation. Since the CMP program is an efficient way to address critical transportation issues, it is important that the County coordinate with the MPO in this process. That coordination involves county staff participating in the CMP analysis as well as the county programming recommended CMP improvements with county transportation funds where warranted. Community Development Department Indian River County 84