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Boa . 96 muz 418 <br />data. One of those sources is the Florida Department of <br />Transportation's (FDOT) Generalized Daily Level of Service Maximum <br />Volumes for Florida's Urban/Urbanized Areas. Traffic Circulation <br />Element Table 4.1 provides that data. Policy 2.1 determines how <br />that data will be used to calculate roadway capacities. Since the <br />comprehensive plan was adopted in 1990, FDOT has revised that data. <br />Therefore, one purpose of the proposed amendment is to modify the <br />Traffic Circulation Element's data and analysis, Table 4.1, and <br />Policy 2.1 to reflect the latest and best available data. <br />Another purpose for these revisions also deals with LOS standards. <br />Presently, LOS standards differ between state roads and non -state <br />roads. The proposed amendment to Policy 2.1 will result in the <br />county using the state road LOS standard for all county roads. <br />This revision reflects the similarity between state and county <br />---roads in terms of roadway design and capacity. <br />- Policies 8.3 and 8.5 <br />Another change affecting the Traffic Circulation Element has taken <br />place since plan adoption. Due to population growth, a portion of <br />the county now meets the definition of an urban area and, <br />therefore, is now served by a Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />(MPO). For that reason, another portion of the proposed amendment <br />is to modify Traffic Circulation Element Policies 8.3 and 8.5, <br />dealing with coordination between governments at all levels, to <br />reflect the existence and activities of the MPO. <br />-.Citrus Highway (County Road 609) <br />The Citrus Highway is a proposed two-lane roadway to be located <br />within a corridor traversing Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River <br />Counties. Beginning at S.R. 710 (the Beeline Highway) in Martin <br />County and extending north through St. Lucie County to C.R. 510 <br />(Wabasso Road) in Indian River County, the highway is to provide a <br />roadway to serve large citrus hauling trucks traveling from groves <br />to packinghouses and from packinghouses to markets. It is <br />anticipated that the diversion of this heavy truck traffic will <br />relieve present and projected congestion on U.S. 1 and several <br />east -west corridors (e.g. S.R. 60, S.R. 68, and S.R. 70). <br />° Citrus Highway Amendment History <br />The fact that the Citrus Highway was included in FDOT's Florida <br />Transportation Plan, but not in the county's comprehensive plan, <br />was first identified by the State Department of Community Affairs <br />(DCA), the agency which reviews the plans of state agencies as well <br />as local governments. In an August 14, 1992 letter, a copy of <br />which was sent to county planning staff, DCA notified FDOT that -the <br />Citrus Highway was not included in Indian River County's <br />Comprehensive Plan. In response, the county initiated an amendment <br />in January 1993 to update its comprehensive plan to include the <br />Citrus Highway. <br />On April 22, 1993, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to <br />recommend that the Board of County Commissioners transmit that <br />proposed amendment to DCA for their review. <br />At its meeting of June 22, 1993, the Board of County Commissioners <br />considered the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation and <br />voted 5-0 to transmit that proposed amendment to DCA for their <br />review. <br />34 <br />October 24, 1995 <br />