Highway Access Management Plan Services

The vendor is required to provide to address the role, function, and design inconsistencies, the ministry has requested that a highway access management plan (HAMP) be undertaken.
- The goals of access management are accomplished by applying the following principles:
• Limit the number of direct access connections and increase their separation;
• Locate signals in a way that favors through movements of traffic;
• Preserve the functional intersection / interchange areas; and
• Remove turning vehicles from through-traffic lanes.
- A HAMP will establish a set of overarching goals related to operations, safety, design, and sustainability.
• Promote and improve mobility and safety performance along the corridor; 
• Enhance multimodal access and safety performance for all users (i.e., provide dedicated space to pedestrians and cyclists); 
• Allow development of properties along the corridor by providing circulation and connectivity which follows adopted access management policies and standards; 
• Ensure any side street access or driveway access will be carefully located and integrated into the conceptual design and implementation; 
• Reduce traffic congestion; 
• Support economic development goals; 
• Preserve or enhance the efficient movement of people and goods;
• Optimize the operational performance and reliability of the corridor; 
• Plan for and control future growth; 
• Support corridor land uses and desired urban form; 
• Align transportation and land use contexts, policies, and function; 
• Enhance the aesthetics of the corridor; 
• Improve community quality of life; 
• Promote improved regional coordination of land use and transportation planning and linkages across the various agencies and institutions that have a role in advancing corridor management objectives; 
• Improve or maintain the safety and operational efficiency of the primary roadway through access management; 
• Expand mode choice through new or improved bicycle, pedestrian, and transit facilities and services; 
• Improve operations through intelligent transportation systems, signal coordination plans, and other operational strategies; 
• Encourage the establishment of an effective land use or growth management plan for the corridor; 
• Prevent or minimize development within the pathway of planned transportation facilities; 
• Promote development of supporting street, sidewalk, and site circulation systems where land development is desired; 
• Identify the maintenance requirements for new access points; 
• Improve intermodal connections; and 
• Promote economic development and revitalize older developed areas:
o Create livable, mixed-use activity centers and connect these to high-quality transit service. 
o Provide multimodal access to corridor destinations. 
o Address site-by-site development impacts along the corridor through transportation impact assessment and developer mitigation.