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Home My WebLink AboutAppendix D-Study Area Boundary prepared by: Robert Peccia & Associates www.rpa-hln.com October 2, 2015 prepared for: City of Bozeman & Montana Department of Transportation BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN STUDY AREA BOUNDARY Technical Memorandum FINAL BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 i FINALTABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ....................................................................................... i List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................................................... i Abbreviations / Acronyms ......................................................................... ii 1.0. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 1.1. Previous Study Area Boundary ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Deletions to the Study Area Boundary .......................................................................................................... 1 1.3. Additions to the Study Area Boundary .......................................................................................................... 3 1.4. New Study Area Boundary ................................................................................................................................. 3 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: 2007 Study Area Boundary ........................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2: Additions to Study Area Boundary ............................................................................................................ 4 Figure 3: Study Area Boundary ...................................................................................................................................... 5 The City of Bozeman, MDT and RPA attempt to provide accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person participating in any service, program, or activity associated with this study. Alternative accessible formats of this information will be provided upon request. For further information, call (406) 447-5000 or (406) 582-2280. Accommodation requests must be made at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled activity and / or meeting. BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 ii FINALABBREVIATIONS / ACRONYMS MDT Montana Department of Transportation TMP Transportation Master Plan TWG Technical Working Group BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 1 FINALStudy Area Boundary 1.0. INTRODUCTION The City of Bozeman and the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) have initiated a community transportation planning process to develop a Transportation Master Plan (TMP). A previous Transportation Plan was completed in 2007 which provides a blueprint for guiding transportation infrastructure investments based on system needs and associated decision making principles. Rapid growth, changes in land use, substantial upgrades to the community’s transportation system, and the community’s increasing interest in transportation related matters have necessitated a new examination of transportation issues within the Bozeman area. Transportation plans generally begin by defining the study area. Sometimes the study area follows governmental boundaries such as city limits, but most often they include some land immediately outside existing city limits in which future growth is seen as likely to occur. As a part of this TMP’s development, a cursory review of the preliminary study area boundary provided by the City of Bozeman was undertaken. Subsequently, slight adjustments are recommended to be made to the study area boundary as described in this document. 1.1. PREVIOUS STUDY AREA BOUNDARY The study area boundary for the previous Transportation Plan completed in 2007 is shown on Figure 1. The area included Bozeman, Four Corners, Gallatin Gateway, and unincorporated lands where development had been occurring or was anticipated as likely to occur. The previous study area boundary is much larger than that envisioned for this TMP. Generally, the 2007 study area boundary extended to the Gallatin River (to the west), Cottonwood Road (to the south), Spain Bridge Road (to the north), and Bozeman Pass (to the east). 1.2. DELETIONS TO THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY Much of the unincorporated area contained in the 2007 study area boundary is not included in the new boundary. Generally, the 2007 boundary has been shrunk by approximately two miles from the south, west and north. This has been modified due to Gallatin County being somewhat comfortable with their existing level of transportation planning in these areas. Land use changes within the unincorporated areas will be factored in to this TMPs development, however. BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 2 FINAL Figure 1: 2007 Study Area Boundary BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 3 FINAL1.3. ADDITIONS TO THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY The study area boundary initially defined for this TMP includes the entire city limits of Bozeman, as well as some unincorporated lands surrounding Bozeman. The study area boundary was based on the boundary found within the current Bozeman Community Plan. After reviewing the study area boundary with the Technical Working Group (TWG), it is recommended to enlarge the study area boundary slightly to fully encompass the 2010 Urban Boundary as defined in the 2010 Census, and to capture some land that is recently being explored for development (by others) north of Interstate 90 and west of Springhill Road, in the vicinity of Nelson Road. This expansion is shown graphically on Figure 2. 1.4. NEW STUDY AREA BOUNDARY The new study area boundary is shown on Figure 3 and will be used for all aspects of the TMP process. This study area boundary includes major employers in the area, as well as land that may be used for employment centers in the next twenty years that could possibly be annexed into the city limits. It also includes densely developed residential land uses in the area, and those areas likely to increase the housing supply in the future and subsequently add traffic onto the transportation network. Lastly, the new boundary includes the entire urban boundary limits that resulted from the 2010 Census. BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 4 FINAL Figure 2: Additions to Study Area Boundary 9090191848586411345205345235191191HIGHLAND BLVDS 3RD AVEWILLSON AVEGRIFFIN DRKAGY BLVDDURSTON RDOAK STCOLLEGE STBOZEMAN TRAIL RDBAXTERLNBABCOCK STE VALLEY CENTER RDPEACH STMENDENHALL STS CHURCH AVE S 19TH AVESPRINGHILL RDS11THAVECOTTONWOOD RDS8THAVEGALLATINRDHUFFINE LNFRONTAGE RDROUSE AVEBRIDGER DRBRIDGERCANYONRDN 7TH AVEN 19TH AVEJACKRABBIT LNMAIN STDURSTON RDCOTTONWOOD RDDAVIS LNBABCOCK STBAXTER LNOAK STGARFIELD STPATTERSON RDFOWLER LNGOOCH HILL RDBLACKWOOD RDSOURDOUGH RDGOLDENSTEIN LNS 3RD AVESTUCKY RDFERGUSON AVEFOWLER AVE27TH STBEAR CANYON RDStudy AreaBoundary012½MilesBOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN Map LegendRailroadUrban BoundaryMontana State UniversityBozeman City LimitsAdditional TMP Study AreaCommunity Plan Boundary BOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN October 2, 2015 5 FINALFigure 3: Study Area Boundary 9090191848586411345205345235191191HIGHLAND BLVDS 3RD AVEWILLSON AVEGRIFFIN DRKAGY BLVDDURSTON RDOAK STCOLLEGE STBOZEMAN TRAIL RDBAXTERLNBABCOCK STE VALLEY CENTER RDPEACH STMENDENHALL STS CHURCH AVE S 19TH AVESPRINGHILL RDS11THAVECOTTONWOOD RDS8THAVEGALLATINRDHUFFINE LNFRONTAGE RDROUSE AVEBRIDGER DRBRIDGERCANYONRDN 7TH AVEN 19TH AVEJACKRABBIT LNMAIN STDURSTON RDCOTTONWOOD RDDAVIS LNBABCOCK STBAXTER LNOAK STGARFIELD STPATTERSON RDFOWLER LNGOOCH HILL RDBLACKWOOD RDSOURDOUGH RDGOLDENSTEIN LNS 3RD AVESTUCKY RDFERGUSON AVEFOWLER AVE27TH STBEAR CANYON RD LOVE LNHARPER PUCKETT RDGRAF STNASH RDBOZEMAN TRAIL TAYABESHOCKUP RDFRONTAGE RDFORT ELLIS RDGRAF ST CATMOUNT STNELSON RDMCILHATTAN RDMANLEY RDSTORY MILL RDStudy AreaBoundary012½MilesBOZEMANTMP TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN Map LegendRailroadUrban BoundaryMontana State UniversityBozeman City LimitsStudy AreaSource: City of Bozeman, MDT, RPA