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tion creates a difficult traffic flow situatioQ. for traffic from McVay Highway to turn onto 30th Avenue and then turn off into LCC. The proposed realignment will provide more efficient traffic flow, eliminating a right turn movement at 30th A venue and a left turn at the Eldon Schafer Drive traffic signal. These t1iiri1ng movements require vehicles to weave from the right lane across the left throu,gh-Iane and into the left turn lane at the signal. This weaving movement is creating operational problems now and will be more diffic~lt in the future as traffic volume increases. In addition, Project 297 provides the best access to the east side of LCC. No other alignment of McVay Highway can achieve these results or have a lesser impact on lands in the immediate vicinity devoted to farm and forest use. An alternative to project 297 would be to route college traffic west on Bloomberg Road and a constructed connection to the Gonyea Interchange further west on 30th Avenue. Bloomberg Road is not designed for this type of use and this alternative would not provide efficient access to the east side of the LCC. This alternative would require greater use of agricultural land, would 'have greater adverse effects on farming practices and would have a greater adverse effect on residential properties than the pro- posed alternative. The proposed realigl11l1ent will be. compatible with adjacent uses, will not force a significant change in or significantly increase the cost of accepted farm prac- tices on surrounding lands devoted to farm use' and will have the least impact on farm lands in the immediate vicinity devoted to farm use. McVay Highway is already adjacent to the existing uses and the area to be occupied by the relocated McVay Highway is largely unused for farming. The transportation project to relocate Greenhill Road from north of the airport boundary to Airport Road (project 486) is a realignment of a road authorized by OAR 660-012- 0065(3)(d). Much of the relocation will take place on property designated for airport use and not considered rural land. The northern ~d a southern portion of the relocated Greenhill Road will cross land designated and zoned for agricultural use under statewide Goal 3. The current location of Greenhill Road-is in conflict with the runway protection zone (RPZ) for the existing diagonal runway. The' present location of Greenhill Road is also in conflict with the proposed taxiway between the current north/south runway and the proposed second parallel runway to be built to the east. These runway projects are included in the Eugene Airport Master Plan. Relocating Greenhill Road to the eastern airport boundary maintains local road circulation in the area and minimizes conflicts with the airport and other adjacent land uses. Unless Greenhill Road is closed in this area, it must be relocated to the east. Closing Greenhill Road is not an acceptable alternative be- cause it would result in increased traffic on State Highway 99. Much of the traffic that uses this portion of Greenhill Road is farm traffic, including slow moving farm vehicles. The alternative of closing Greenhill Road was 'rejected in large part because of the ad- verse effect on Highway 99 and agriculture reiated traffic that would come from such an action. The amount agricultural land that is _bei,ng affected by the proposed relocation is being minimized. No other location with reasoQ~l?le, safe design consistent with AASHTO standards will preserve the cUrrent u~e of Greenhill Road, meet Federal A via- tion Administration (FAA) runway clearance requirements and have less effect on agri- cultural land. An alternate location of Greenhill Road would likely not have any different Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 43