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 Traffic: (on existing Rt. 31)

• Trucks: 11-14%

• Existing: 2000
20,000-27,000 ADT

• No-Build: 2028
55,000-70,000 ADT

• Build: 2028
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Rt. 31 Bypass
• Alternative Studies began in
1987
• Result: 3.3 mile bypass, four-
lane, limited access highway
• Included in FHWA Pilot
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• Incorporated into Raritan
Twp. and Hunterdon Co.
Master Plans
• Cost: $125-150 million
Historic Homesteads
Historic Stone Arch Bridges
The South Branch River
Existing Farms
Existing Land Use
Existing Zoning
Open Space, Historic, & Cultural
Resources
 Development Pressure
Undeveloped
(Green)

Considering
Development
(Red outline)

Currently
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 Planning Process

Informal Stakeholder Interviews Advisory Group Meetings

Design Workshops Design Workshops

 What we heard

Character:
“Keep pastoral feel”

“Want real historical quality”

“Protect rural character & historic

resources”

“Do not want to be urban”

Parks & Open Space:

“Want trees, walkability, bikeability

“Build trails to connect Flemington to

Raritan River”

“Create more parks”

What we heard
 What we heard

Parkway:
“Make sure parkway is a good
alternative to 31
“Limit access – do not make it another
31”
“Control development on Parkway”
“Integrate the Parkway in the open
space network”

Control development along Parkway,

do not want to open up more land for
development
 An Alternative Concept:
“South Branch Parkway”

• An at grade
“parkway”

• New network
connections to
provide parallel
routes to 202 and 31

• Work with property

owners to manage
access and support
approved
development plans
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Downtown Context
Framework Plan: New Street Network
Framework Plan: Parks & Open Space
 Framework Plan: Transit

Hurontario Higher Order Transit Study: Currently conducting

Feasibility Study with EA to follow to explore a number of options
Focus Area: Where?
Focus Area: Main Street District
Focus Area: Burnhamthorpe Burnhamthorpe-Existing
Cross Section
Focus Area: Burnhamthorpe Cross Section
 April 28, 2010

Grand Makeover
Is Set for
Maryland Strip City
by EUGENE L. MEYER

Rockville Pike, heading north.

Above, a rendering of the White Flint plan,

which seeks to create a walkable community.
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 Conventional Development Cycle
INPUTS OUTCOMES
•Auto Oriented Business •Wider Roads
•Single Use Zoning •Induced Traffic
•Single Family Residential •More Traffic

GROWTH
GROWTH
Land
LandUse
Use
Planning
Planning

Transportation
Transportation
Planning
Planning
GROWTH
GROWTH
INPUTS
OUTCOMES •Traffic Demand
•Isolated Neighborhoods Forecasting
•Multiple Automobile Trips •Congestion
•Poor Mobility •LOS
•Difficult Walking
 Healthy Development Cycle
INPUTS
•Diversity of Business
•Mixed Use Zoning
•Diversity of Residential Units
•Context Sensitive Design
•Community Involvement

Land
LandUse CommunityTransportation
Use Community Transportation
Planning
Planning Planning
Planning Planning
Planning

OUTCOMES
OUTCOMES
•Healthy Neighborhoods
•More Walking &
•Choices of Transportation
Bicycling
•More Open Space SMART
SMART •Increased Access
•Sense of Place GROWTH
GROWTH
•Sense of Community
 Healthy Development Cycle
INPUTS
•Diversity of Business
•Mixed Use Zoning
•Diversity of Residential Units
•Context Sensitive Design
•Community Involvement

Land
LandUse CommunityTransportation
Use Community Transportation
Planning
Planning Planning
Planning Planning
Planning

OUTCOMES
OUTCOMES
•Healthy Neighborhoods
•More Walking &
•Choices of Transportation
Bicycling
•More Open Space SMART
SMART •Increased Access
•Sense of Place GROWTH
GROWTH
•Sense of Community
 Conventional Development Cycle
INPUTS OUTCOMES
•Auto Oriented Business •Wider Roads
•Single Use Zoning •Induced Traffic
•Single Family Residential •More Traffic

GROWTH
GROWTH
Land
LandUse
Use
Planning
Planning

Transportation
Transportation
Planning
Planning
GROWTH
GROWTH
INPUTS
OUTCOMES •Traffic Demand
•Isolated Neighborhoods Forecasting
•Multiple Automobile Trips •Congestion
•Poor Mobility •LOS
•Difficult Walking