Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanTRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT8SECTION EIGHT: TRANSPORTATION ANDTRANSITIntent:While this Plan is based on the assumption that existing modes of transportation willpredominate over the planning period, it is a policy of the Town to encourage and support theimplementation of other less energy intensive forms of transportation. These could includepublic transit including GO Transit for commuters or the encouragement of greater pedestrianmovement or the greater use of bicycles. Bicycling is recognized as an alternative mode oftransportation, which can play a positive role in improving mobility and quality of life as part of abalanced transportation system. In this regard, the Town shall encourage higher densitydevelopment at key nodes and a stronger linkage between living and working places than hasbeen the case in the past.Goals:To develop an adequate and efficient road system to meet the transportation andtransit needs of the Town.Objectives:1. To provide the safest and most efficient flow of traffic between the major sectionsof the Town with direct accessibility provided between major residential,employment, shopping and recreational areas on non-congested, well designedhighways.2. To facilitate the satisfactory movement of both people and goods to and from thevarious communities within the Town and to and from the adjacent municipalities,as well as to facilitate the movement of summer residents and tourists to therecreational areas.3. To use financial resources to the greatest public advantage through the efficientuse of construction expenditures, through the coordinated and efficient use of thetransportation infrastructure, and through the adoption of adequate controls andstandards to prevent excessive maintenance and parallel construction costs.4. To improve railway crossings and other related transportation facilities for greatersafety and more efficient vehicular movement.5. To provide adequate access to the Town’s prime recreational, shopping andindustrial areas thereby facilitating their development to the fullest potential.6. To ensure that arterial and collector roads provide convenient access between themajor traffic generation areas.7. To ensure that local streets provide land access only to the areas in which suchlocal streets are located and do not serve as major traffic routes.8. To ensure appropriate right-of-way widths for all existing roads by utilizing variousmechanisms available to the Town including expropriation, draft plan of subdivisionconditions and Site Plan Control.113Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011