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2025 Plan Analysis

The 2025 Plan was adopted in March 2000 and was the second Washtenaw County Plan to use the new countywide network and model. The Plan addressed more deficiencies and included a more comprehensive public participation component than the previous plans. The 2025 Plan identified and addressed capacity, safety, bridge, transit, pavement, and non-motorized deficiencies.

The completed improvements from the first time period (2001-2005) of the 2025 Plan were compiled and analyzed. During the first five years of the 2025 Plan, 68 transportation improvements were completed at a total cost of nearly $69 million. Since the Plan's adoption, road preservation projects accounted for the largest number of completed improvements (31) and the most money spent ($23.7 million). Investments in transit capital improvements accounted for the second largest amount of money spent ($12.9 million), however they represented the third highest number of improvements tied with widening and bridge improvements ($4.8 million) at 7 projects each. New Roads and Widenings were the third most costly improvements completed in the Plan with 7 projects totaling $12.2 million. Signal improvements represented the second highest category of improvements with 10 occurring at a cost of approximately $4 million.

The City of Ann Arbor has been a proponent of controlled growth favoring the use of alternative forms of transportation since the 1970's. During the last five years, many of the local units of government in Washtenaw County have worked for sustainable development within the County to counter strong development pressure from the east. Development has been intense in the County with Pittsfield, Ypsilanti and Scio Townships experiencing the most growth in recent years. The development pressures have begun to move farther to the south and west although Superior Township is also experiencing development pressure. As a preventive measure to control growth, the Cities of Chelsea and Saline and Manchester Village with the surrounding townships are all working toward sustainable development plans. The projects completed during the 2025 Plan reflect both the development pressures and the local commitment to maintain what exists and to try alternative transportation improvements. For example, the number transit improvements made up 10 percent and non-motorized improvements made up nearly 3 percent of the funded improvements.

Charts 6 and 7 illustrating the transportation improvements completed during the first time period of the 2025 plan are provided on the following two pages. Chart 6 is provided to show the type of project by number of improvements and Chart 7 depict the total cost of the improvements.

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