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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element POLICY 8 . 1 : The county will coordinate with the Indian River County MPO in its transportation planning activities. This coordination will involve serving as staff to the MPO and having staff and commissioners serve on MPO committees. POLICY 8 . 2 : The county will coordinate with FDOT to review its standards for sidewalk placement, access control, median cuts, signage, drainage, and other related physical roadway development activities . The county's Planning and Public Works Departments will schedule regular meetings with appropriate FDOT officials to review and discuss these issues and develop written standards agreeable to both entities . POLICY 8 . 3 : The county will participate on the MPO Technical Advisory Committee to promote intergovernmental coordination with the municipalities in the county. POLICY 8 .4 : The county, through the MPO, will establish a mechanism to share information with the municipalities in the county and with adjacent counties regarding proposed projects and their potential traffic system impacts on other jurisdictions . POLICY 8 . 5 : The county, through the MPO, will continue to coordinate its plans with the plans and programs of all transportation facility providers, especially FDOT. transportation plans . POLICY 8 .6 : The county acknowledges that it is in compliance and will continue to comply with the level of service standards for roadways as identified in the 1983 "Hutchinson Island Resource Planning & Management Plan", Policy C . 1 , page 33 . This policy states that roadways on the barrier island and connecting roadways that link the island to the mainland will maintain a minimum level of service of " C " on an average annual basis and level of service "D " for peak season traffic. OBJECTIVE 9 ADEQUATE TRANSIT SERVICES Between 2001 /02 and 2006/07, the number of one-way, fixed route passenger trips will increase by an average of ten percent annually, from 167,782 to more than 270,000. POLICY 9 . 1 : The county hereby adopts the following mass transit level of service standard : One-hour headways shall be maintained on all fixed transit routes . POLICY 9 .2 : The county will continue to maintain its fixed route transit system. POLICY 9 .3 : The county hereby adopts the MPO' s Long Range Transit Plan. POLICY 9 .4 : The county will continue to financially support and provide technical assistance to the county ' s community transportation coordinator (CTC), currently the Indian River County Council On Aging, for transportation disadvantaged service . POLICY 9 . 5 : The county will continue to apply for state and federal mass transit grant funds and use those funds to provide transit service in the county. Community Development Department Indian River County 138