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Attachment A Roseville Neighborhood Traffic Management Program 1.0 Introduction Increasing traffic volumes and higher speeds have become important issues throughout the metro area and are having an increasing impact on residential streets in the City of Roseville. The City of Roseville is continually striving to strengthen and protect its neighborhoods by improving the quality of life in residential areas. A goal of the Roseville Transportation Plan is for the transportation system to address community issues and concerns while maintaining and enhancing neighborhoods, providing connectivity, and the sense of community cohesion. Discussion with traffic engineers in cities with established traffic management programs provided insight into the need for a formal process. An established traffic management process: • Allows the city to better respond to residents, OW 1116 • Provides the opportunity for better understanding of the issues, and • Allows consistent application across the community. • Compatibility with transportation goals in City of Roseville Transportation Plan • Implementation limited to local streets (no arterials or collectors) as identified in the Roseville Transportation Plan. • Implementation of strategies will be funded by a combination of city funds and neighborhood participation. • Trucks are allowed on all City streets unless otherwise posted (by State law trucks must be allowed on all State -Aided roadways.) • The program intends to take a system -wide approach when addressing a neighborhood traffic problem. For each project, city staff will determine a logical project boundary that