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<br /> <br /> <br />9. <br />HIGHWAYS <br />The development of a county, regional, or even a state highway plan must be tied direct- <br />ly to the development of the Land Use Plan. Whereas the patterns of population, em- <br />pioyment, recreatin, etc., affect the need for highway facilities, the provision of such <br />facilities and the resultant extensive changes in accessibility greatly affect subsequent <br />land use patterns. <br /> <br />This map, prepared by the PPACG, indicates a highway plan which is intended both to <br />shape development into the desired patterns and to provide adequate transportation <br />capabilities as the pattern develops. <br /> <br />Such plans should be designed for the entire state, based not just on currently recorded <br />demands or demand projections, but also on consideration of the development propen- <br />sities and capabilities of the land. These plans would then serve to guide future growth <br />as well as to serve past development. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />8. <br />POPULATION <br />The use of population information can be a valuable planning tool. Above and beyond <br />simple growth projections, it is possible from this information to determine and deal <br />with problems of the economics and politics of population, location of industry, land use <br />in urban areas, migration, regional differences, and population composition and <br />d is tri bu tion. <br /> <br />The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments has accumulated census information for <br />nearly three hundred "traffic districts" in the Counci I's planning area, which included the' <br />majority of the county's population. It has projected popu lation growth within these <br />areas to the year 1990. <br /> <br /> <br />10. <br />URBAN GROWTH <br />An understanding of the past and present influences shaping land use development is <br />necessary in order to project the pattern of future development for an area. The op- <br />portunity then exists to evaluate and guide that growth through pol icy and planni ng. <br /> <br />The urban growth map prepared by the PPACG and illustrated here depicts several <br />stages in the past and projected growth of Colorado Springs. <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br />