Okaloosa County BOCC — October 16, 2012 — Action Item Printout

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: November 20, 2012 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: John Hofstad SUBJECT: Classification of the New SR 293 Alignment and White Point Road DEPARTMENT: Public Works BCC DISTRICT: 5 STATEMENT OF ISSUE: With the opening of Phase 1 of the Mid-Bay Bridge Connector Road FDOT has proposed to classify the new alignment of SR 293 as an “Urban Minor Arterial” and to reclassify White Point Road (now a County Road) as an “Urban Collector”. FDOT is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners accept these classification proposals. BACKGROUND: With the opening of the new alignment of SR 293 FDOT is proposing to classify this section of roadway as an “Urban Minor Arterial”. This classification is appropriate as the limited access roadway is an arterial connection between other arterial roadaways. As part of the infrastructure agreement with the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority, FDOT and Okaloosa County, White Point Road was recently returned to Okaloosa County for ownership and maintenance. As such FDOT is proposing to reclassify White Point Road to an “Urban Collector”. This reclassification is appropriate as this segment of roadway collects traffic from adjacent local, subdivision streets and provides direct access to an arterial roadway (SR 20). Once approved by the Board of County Commissioners, the executed forms are to be returned to FDOT who will then forward the proposal to the chairman of the Okaloosa-Walton TPO for their approval. OPTIONS: Approve/disapprove the request from FDOT to classify SR 293 as an “Urban Minor Arterial” and White Point Road as an “Urban Collector”. RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the request from FDOT to classify SR 293 as an “Urban Minor Arterial” and White Point Road as an “Urban Collector”. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: James D. Curry, County Administrator