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dooK 9 7 PGF 6.1 development orders for projects needing roadway improvements reflected in the county's capital improvements plan must be modified. The modification of the portion of the Capital Improvements Element which allows roadway improvements within the county's capital improvement program to be considered in determining roadway capacity available for development projects involves several components. These are that the improvement must be in place or under construction not more than two years from issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a development. project needing the improvement; that the capital improvements element include the improvement's estimated date of commencement of actual construction and the estimated date of completion; and that the Capital Improvements Element include a requirement that, if this allowance is used to meet the concurrency requirement for a project, then a comprehensive plan amendment will be required: if any roadway improvement project needed to maintain levels of service is deferred, delayed, or eliminated. To use these provisions to approve a development project where existing roadways are not adequate. to accommodate the impacts of a project but where a roadway improvement that would accommodate the project's demand is in the county's or FDOT's capital improvement program, the needed roadway must be identified in the capital improvements element with specific start and completion dates. Recognizing that certain roadways are approaching capacity but are programmed for improvements, staff has prepared Table 13.24. That table lists several roadway improvement projects along with their start and completion dates. In adopting Table 13.24 as an amendment to the capital improvements element, the county will allow development projects that might be denied because of level - of -service deficiencies with the roadways shown in Table 13.24 to be approved based upon the county's commitment to make the required improvements in the referenced timeframes. To implement the proposed changes, the Capital Improvements Element amendment must update the text of the Capital Improvements Element to reflect changes in state law. That update includes new table 13.24 which gives the estimated date of commencement of actual construction and the estimated date of project completion for priority transportation projects. The Capital Improvements Element amendment includes new policy 5.13 which specifically adopts table 13.24. The amendment also includes changes to tables 13.8, 13.18 and 13.23 to maintain the internal consistency of the element. ANALYSIS Following a discussion of the consistency of the proposed amendments with the comprehensive plan, this section will present an analysis of the reasonableness of each of the proposed amendments. CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Comprehensive plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the.county code, the "comprehensive plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to Section 163.3177(2) F.S." The goals, objectives and policies -are the most the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements identify the actions which the county will take 74 March 19, 1996 important parts of in the plan which in order to direct