Plan Description - City of Tustin

2.5 CIRCULATION PLAN
Chapter 2 • Plan Description
the agencies noted above, the agencies will be required to assume
and faithfully perform any covenants necessary with the land and
obligations set forth in the Quitclaim deed as obligations to be
performed by the “Grantee or its Successors or Assigns.”
The roadway system for the Plan has three basic functions: 1) to provide
efficient accessibility to the regional and local transportation system; 2) to
supply adequate internal circulation capacity, and 3) to effectively service
the proposed land uses. The first function recognizes the importance of
regional and local accessibility for future residential and non-residential
uses on the site. The second function, adequate circulation capacity, is key
in providing for the traffic generated by those future uses. Finally, the
circulation plan complements and reinforces the land uses by providing
access and definition to the Plan.
The following discussion describes the basis for the circulation concept in
the Plan.
2.5.1 Circulation Concept
Future land uses within the Plan will interact with population and
employment centers throughout the County. Accessibility to those
surrounding areas will be via several key arterials and interchanges with
the regional freeway system. The site is well served in this regard, and the
proposed roadway plan is designed to reinforce these important
connections, as well as provide efficient access to the surrounding areas.
The Circulation Plan features two "levels" of roadway in terms of
circulation system function. The first in this hierarchy are roadways of
"regional significance" which cross the Plan area and thereby serve
through traffic as well as project generated traffic. The second is a local
internal roadway system connecting and serving the land uses in the Plan
itself.
One north-south and one east-west roadway cross the Plan area. A ring
road then provides local circulation, complementing the proposed land
uses and providing access. Together, these two roadway components are
designed to serve the internal circulation and external accessibility needs
of the future land uses. The roadway links across the Plan are important
components of the overall circulation concept, and there are two primary
reasons for providing these:
• System Continuity: The existing Base creates a "discontinuity" with
respect to certain north-south and east-west roads in this area.
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