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W Ruth Stanbridge of the Transportation Planning Committee stressed the need for curing the dangers existing on 16th Street and feared that work would be directed toward the areas that were included on the map with other areas being ignored. She did not believe that the Traffic Engineer has had sufficient time to study some of these other areas, and she felt a traffic count should be done before making these decisions. It was pointed out that Planning needs some direction and a base tool to work with so they can formulate the Transportation Element. Chairman Scurlock did not feel we have the necessary information or enough analysis at this -time to locate bridges on a map or decide on another access to the hospital. Motion was made by Commissioner Fletcher, seconded by Commissioner Lyons, to adopt the proposed Thoroughfare Plan as a broad concept of how the road system will look in the Transportation Element, based on the Plan being modified and updated as more data becomes available. s Commissioner Wodtke emphasized that the Motion was saying the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan will follow this map, and he could not agree because this is saying that in the next 20 years we are not anticipating Indian River Boulevard to expand to Barber Avenue, which he believed will be needed for the movement of major transportation, not just access to the hospital. Commissioner Fletcher noted that he was not saying that we are not going to have it in the next 20 years, but just saying don't show it there now. Commissioner Bird pointed out that the State wants us to plan ahead 20 years in the future. They didn't say come up with a plan and change it every year, which is what counties have done in the past and what they want to get JAN 2 01982 66 6m AR PacF ^2®