Montco 2040:
a shared vision
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Why this goal is important:
■■ Transportation convenience and access is a major driver of
economic development.
■■ Daily commute times increased over 20% from 1990 to
2010, about ten minutes a day, which equates to 40 extra
hours a year sitting in traffic.
■■ Because the county is a large net importer of workers,
getting these workers to their jobs is critical.
How this goal will be implemented:
■■ By working with others to provide better access
to employment centers with new and improved
interchanges, slip ramps, widened and realigned roads,
and new road connections.
■■ By partnering to expand transit options.
■■ Through regional efforts to improve freight movement.
■■ With advocacy for preservation of existing airports.
How this goal will be implemented:
■■ Through advocacy for locating new development
in growth areas.
■■ By encouraging redevelopment of underutilized
and vacant industrial land.
■■ By working with others to modernize and adapt
older office and business parks through zoning
changes, infrastructure improvements, marketing,
and private sector investment.
GOAL
Improve transportation access
to businesses
VIBRANT ECONOMY
Why this goal is important:
■■ The cost of building and maintaining
infrastructure is lower where it already exists.
■■ Many of the county’s business parks are old and
need reimagining and reinvestment.
■■ Reusing former industrial sites cleans the
environment, provides jobs, improves property
values, and helps control sprawl.
GOAL
Encourage development
and transformative investment where
infrastructure already exists
