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CITY OF BLAINE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION PLAN Step 8 - Approve Permanent Strategy If it is determined that the temporary strategy does not achieve the intended goals of reducing speeds, cut through traffic or other identified problems, the City Engineering Department will review other potential measures and recommend the elimination of all strategies or test the installation of a different strategy. Effective temporary strategies will be brought to the council for approval for the installation of a permanent form of the approved traffic management strategy. step 9 - Monitoring and Future Actions The City will conduct periodic monitoring of the fully installed traffic management strategy to determine if the project continues to provide effective improvement to the neighborhood. The monitoring will be conducted at the discretion of the City based on available funding, staffing levels, and resident comments. If monitoring shows that the implemented strategy fails to achieve the intended goals it may be removed. Legal Considerations From the local government perspective, the legal issues surrounding traffic management strategies fall into three categories: statutory authority, constitutionality, and tort liability. First, the local government must have legal authority to implement traffic management strategies on a given roadway (statutory authority). Second, the local government must respect the constitutional rights of affected landowners and travelers on the roadways (constitutionality). And finally, the local government must take steps to minimize the risk to travelers from the installation of traffic management strategies (tort liability). Through documentation of the entire process, including the collection and evaluation of traffic data, the decision process, and interaction with the public, the Blaine Traffic Management Program can minimize potential legal difficulties. APRIL 2005 11