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<br />The purpose of a functional classification system is to create a hierarchy of <br />roads that collect and distribute traffic from neighborhoods to the <br />metropolitan highway system in as efficient manner as possible, given the <br />topography and other physical constraints of the area. Places of high <br />travel demand, such as shopping centers and employment centers, should <br />be served with roadways higher in the hierarchy. Neighborhoods and <br />places of low demand should have roadways of lower classification. This <br />provides for a balanced integration of land use and transportation <br />facilities. <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Council, in its Transportation Policy Plan as amended, <br />presents a functional classification system applicable to the seven-county <br />metropolitan area. The major classifications are principal arterial, A- <br />minor arterial, B-minor arterial, collector and local streets. Classifications <br />provide for freeway, urban and rural standards. The Roseville functional <br />classification system uses the Metropolitan Council criteria. It consists of <br />the following classifications: Principal Arterial, A-Minor Arterial, B- <br />Minor Arterial, Collector and Local. The existing roadway functional <br />classifications are shown on Figure Trans-2. <br /> <br />1. Principal Arterials-Urban <br /> <br />Principal arterials are the highest roadway classification and are <br />considered part of the metropolitan highway system. These roads <br />are intended to connect the metropolitan centers with one another <br />and connect major business concentrations, important <br />transportation terminals and large institutional facilities. They are <br />typically spaced 2-3 miles apart. Interchanges on principal arterials <br />are usually spaced at least one mile apart. <br /> <br />In the City of Roseville there are three principal arterials, I-35W, TH <br />36 and TH 280. These facilities have functioned as principal <br />arterials for several years, and will continue at this level for the <br />planned future of Roseville. I-35W and TH 36 are four lanes with <br />metering, with over 75,000 ADT each. TH 280 carries over 40,000 <br />ADT. No other principal arterials are anticipated at this time for <br />the City. Other principal arterials that serve the City include 1-694, <br />21/2 to 3 miles to the north, and I-35E, about one mile east of the City <br />boundary. <br /> <br />2. Minor Arterials <br /> <br />Roseville Comprehensive Plan - 2003 Update <br /> <br />Transportation - Page 5 of 28 <br />