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KDOT Access Management Policy
3.1 KDOT access planning
KDOT supports planning for areas or corridors with significant growth potential. KDOT staff
members work with cities, counties, metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), and other local
stakeholders to identify potential developments and formalize plans to coordinate land use changes,
transportation improvements, and future access. These planning processes are collaborative with
local transportation partners providing input and feedback so communities, land owners, and
developers are treated equitably and transportation needs are met. Collaboration leads to better
planning.
All six KDOT Districts have a District Access Management Plan that identifies growth corridors or
areas that need access planning to preserve capacity and functional integrity. Plan summaries and
maps for all six Districts are included in Chapter 8. The maps show the classifications of state
routes and highlight planned corridors and areas where development is anticipated or currently
occurring. Recognition of such growth corridors provides a base for discussions with local officials
to plan coordinated development and highway access.
3.1.1 Access planning instruments
As outlined in Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.) 68-169, the Secretary of Transportation is
authorized to enter into written agreements with cities and counties to establish planned corridors
and administer District Access Management Plans. To meet the needs of transportation partners
and the diverse Kansas highway network, KDOT currently uses four types of access planning
instruments (or documents) each with different levels of complexity and analysis as shown in
Table 3-1.
Table 3-1. Summary of planning instruments by complexity
The planning process associated with
Instrument Type
Complexity
these instruments involves varying
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Basic
degrees of engineering analyses and
Access management plan
Intermediate
consideration of land-use and
development impacts. The goal is to Area transportation plan
Complex
balance mobility and accessibility. In Corridor management plan
Complex
addition, these processes include
collaboration with local government, consultation with affected transportation stakeholders, and
public involvement. Extensive public involvement generally accompanies more complex plans.
(This can include multiple public meetings, multiple briefings of public officials, a project website,
and social media applications to help distribute information.) These planning instruments are often
developed by a consultant familiar with access management and qualified to prepare transportation
plans.
Each planning instrument constitutes a commitment of the local partners and KDOT to consider the
provisions and recommendations of the planning document. The access management plans, area
transportation plans, and corridor management plans include interlocal cooperation agreements
signed by local officials stating support for the plan and willingness to consider its provisions and
recommendations as part of the decision-making process.
The following sections describe each planning instrument in greater detail.
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