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<br />Wonder World Drive Land Use Plan <br /> <br />City of San Marcos <br /> <br />D. Future Transportation System <br /> <br />This section of the plan focuses on identifying general transportation system <br />improvements that are currently planned, or are recommended to serve future <br />development as detailed in the Future Land Use Plan. <br /> <br />Roads <br />In addition to the Wonder World Drive extension, it is envisioned that many local and <br />collector roads will be developed throughout the planning area as future development <br />occurs. Access points where these roads will connect with Ranch Road 12, as well as <br />existing neighborhood streets, are shown on the Future Land Use Map. It is the intent of <br />this plan to encourage these future streets within new developments to create an <br />interconnected system throughout the planning area. <br /> <br />Subdivisions are often created with little attention to area-wide circulation. Disconnected <br />internal street systems force more trips pnto through streets and impede pedestrian and <br />bicycle travel. This plan recommends an interconnected and coordinated street system in <br />order to reduce trip lengths for all transportation modes. Cul-de-sacs should only be used <br />when topographic conditions warrant their use or when they are an integral part of the <br />design of a conservation development. In addition, limiting neighborhood access to <br />Ranch Road 12 to one or two access points would create unnecessary bottlenecks and <br />would funnel a large amount of traffic onto those roads. Therefore, this plan <br />recommends four access points onto Ranch Road 12 (as shown on Map 3). <br /> <br /> <br />AVOID <br /> <br /> <br />Disconnected street systems <br /> <br />Coordinated road and <br />access easements <br /> <br />Part of the agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on the <br />construction of the Wonder World Drive extension is that the following road segments <br />will be removed from the State system and will become city streets: <br /> <br />. Ranch Road 12 (RM 12) from the proposed Wonder World Drive intersection into <br />downtown at Guadalupe Street <br />. Hunter RdlHopkins St (FM 2439) from Wonder World Drive to the intersection with <br />Moore Street (RM 12) <br /> <br />The City will take over maintenance responsibilities for these streets, including control of <br />traffic lights. <br /> <br />Adopted: January 14, 2002 <br /> <br />Page 19 <br />