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<br />Transportation System Improvements: Other Modes <br /> <br />Findines <br /> <br />39. The Eugene Airport is located outside the urban growth boundary (UGB) to protect it <br />from incompatible development as well as to reduce airport-related impacts on <br />development within the UGB. The area of the airport designated Government and <br />Education on the Metro Plan diagram receives municipal water, wastewater, fire, and <br />police services. . <br /> <br />40. The Pacific Northwest High Speed Rail Southern Terminus Study (Wilbur Smith <br />Associates, 1995) found that rail-related infrastructure improvements needed along the <br />corridor include improved signals, grade crossings, track, and depots. These <br />improvements are important to the success of high speed rail because Eugene-Springfield <br />is the southern terminus to the high speed rail corridor. <br /> <br />41. OTP Policy 1 F provides for a transportation system with connectivity among modes <br />within and between urban areas, with ease 'of transfer among modes and between local <br />and state transportation systems. <br /> <br />Policies <br /> <br />F-30. Support public investment in the Eugene Airport as a regional facility and provide land <br />use controls that limit incompatible development within the airport environs. Continue to <br />use the Eugene Airport Master Plan as the guide for improvements of facilities and <br />services at the airport. <br /> <br />F-31. Support provision of rail-related infrastructure improvements as part of the Cascadia <br />High Speed Rail Corridor project. <br /> <br />F -32. Support'improvements to the passenger rail station and inter-city bus terminals that <br />enhance usability and convenience. <br /> <br />Finance <br /> <br />Findings <br /> <br />42. Transportation costs are rising while revenues are shrinking and this trend is expected to <br />continue. The 1999 Oregon Highway Plan estimated total 20-year highway needs of <br />about $29 billion, but projected revenues of only about $14 billion. <br /> <br />43. TransPlan estimates that operations, maintenance, and preservation (OM&P) of the <br />metropolitan transportation system will cost $1.2 billion in 1997 dollars to maintain at <br />current levels to the year 2020. Revenues for OM&P, including a regularly increasing <br /> <br />Exhibit A <br />Metro Plan. Text Amendments <br /> <br />12 <br />