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Trails Transportation The city will develop a comprehensive trail system that The proposed transportation system appears as part of includes sidewalks,bike trails, and bike lanes. They will the comprehensive plan map on the opposite side of this link schools,major attractions,and community facilities. brochure. It recognizes the potential for an eastern bypass Pedestrian access will help support the growth and as shown on the Arkansas Highway and Transportation redevelopment of other key elements of this plan, such Department's 2006 Capacity Needs Map. This bypass would as the downtown and the riverfront areas. The City will provide a beneficial impact on future industrial growth east target trails in areas recommended by the community and of the city. The transportation plan also recognizes the need city staff throughout the planning process and during its to improve street-connectivity within the city to allow better implementation. fire and police protection. The plan calls for additional streets serving the schools and the medical complex. One will connect the Eagle Mountain community with the school facilities on Pioneer Drive. This facility has been a part of the adopted master street plan for some time but has never been built.A second street improvement is the connection of the south end of Jennings Lane with the north end of Jennings Lane and continuing across Harrison Street/Highway 69 to connect with 30th Street and Neely Street. 1 - Another proposed street is a connection between Virginia Drive/Hospital Circle and 20th Street. This will provide better access to the medical center,a major asset of the Batesville area. Proposed trail along Pioneer Drive The plan proposes upgrading 20th Street from its intersectior Recreation with Pioneer Drive to Harrison Street/Highway 69 to a major The city will create a comprehensive parks system plan that arterial-level street. builds on existing assets in the community. The city's strategy will be to combine all sports facilities into a centralized The planning commission will also study the possibility of complex and disperse smaller parks,playgrounds, and an east-west connector between East Main Street/Highway greenspaces in neighborhoods around the city. 223 at the Miller Creek Road intersection and Highway 69 in the Sawmill Subdivision area. When developing future parks,the city will consider the recommendations expressed by the community during the The plan proposes a major traffic artery as part of the planning process, including the need for a park on the west redevelopment of the existing Batesville Country Club golf side of town,the creation of a community/recreation center, course property and would include upgrading Myers Avenue and other recommendations. from U.S. 167 to 20th Street. The city will also work to enhance the Poke Bayou and Beautification riverfront areas with parks,trails,boat rentals, entertainment venues,and other beneficial developments. Flood-prone The city will take a comprehensive approach to beautification areas will be recommended for lake impoundments. fication that considers signage, landscaping, preservation, and other elements by creating new regulations. One of the top needs identified by the public during the The city will combine stronger sign regulations with planning process was to consolidate youth sports activities in landscaping and welcoming signage to enhance corridors a unified location.This will remove the burden upon parents and gateways. Moreover, the city will develop landscaping who have children in different activities at the same time. and tree preservation guidelines for new developments. Planners identified three possible locations for a unified Community Facilities sports complex. One exists in the floodplain of the White Planned community facilities appear on the plan map.These River,another lies in the area along Miller Creek, and the include the new fire station and a long-range goal of a third would involve expansion of the present sports complex special-needs firefighting facility at the airport. in the north portion of the planning area.A fourth location was removed from consideration because its proposed Batesville enjoys the benefits of a superior school system location was in the floodway of the White River. that should be supported by the comprehensive plan. This means, among other things, improving the transportation The general locations of the proposed alternates are shown system to serve area schools. Such improvements will on the plan map on the opposite page. include the proposed street connections shown herein.