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Part 2 – General Transportation Policies for Washington County

This chapter includes overarching goals, objectives, and strategies affecting transportation in Washington County. These
guiding principles provide the policy basis for the modal and implementation elements included in subsequent chapters
of this document.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The guiding principles of the Transportation System Plan (TSP) reflect the mission of Washington County’s
Department of Land Use & Transportation:
• Building & Maintaining the Best Transportation System.
• Planning & Protecting the Uses of the Land.

The following four goals help to define that twofold mission (as illustrated in the Department’s emblem), to
provide safety, enhance community livability, protect the natural environment and support economic vitality
within Washington County:
• Goal 1: Safety

• Goal 2: Economic Vitality
• Goal 3: Livability

• Goal 4: Natural Environment

These four goals – which are in no particular order – complement and balance each other. While at times,
due to specific circumstances, choices may be necessary to establish the desired balance, on the whole the
goals of safety, economic vitality, livability, and natural environment complement each other. This TSP intends
to refine and apply these goals as the guiding principles for the planning, development and operation of the ADOPTED TEXT
transportation system throughout Washington County.

Figure 2-1: Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation Mission and Emblem

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Effective November 27, 2015 • Updated December, 15 2016