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WEST E~NE PARKWAY ~JED PROJECT--CX~SJSTENCY WITH THE STAT~,~- ................. -,-..,ut r'~r~..~ ~.XmL~ AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RULE "(b) Traffic management measures; and "(c) Improvements to existing transportation fi ' ' ' - acflmes~ Transportation eed The ~denfified ~anspo~fion need is for the West Eugene Parkway ~t rather than the Mod{fled Project ali nment The ~ need for the Mod~fi~ Project alignment ~s ~ to reduce significant adverse ~mpac~ to high value wetlan~ and to threatened and endangered plant and animal species from those ~at would ~cur through construction of~e Approved Design. As described the J]ternatives ~emorandum, the Modified Project w~ll ~mpact &4 hec~res of h~gh value wetlands, ~mp~e~ to ~ ~ ~27 for the Approved Des[gnfi3 it also dir~tly ~mpacts only three clumps of endangered plan~ compared to 39 plan[s or plant clumps for the Approved Des~, and unlike the Approved Design, k d~s not eliminate western pond tulle hab~t. The Modified Project also ~ncludes five undercross{ngs ~een Te~ S~eet ~d ks we~em tem~nus to provide safe cross~ngs for small animals ~ncluding ~e western pond ~le.~ Because the West Eugene P~kway project already ~s an element of the acknowledged Metro Tr~sPlan, ~d Lane C~u~ ~ural Com~rehe~ive P~an, a s~tement of reasons why there ~s a ~anspo~fion need for the ~p should not ~ n~essa~. ~e overall need for the project ~s afl, ted by the alignment modification from the Approved Design to the Modified Project. Noae~eless, ~is ~s addressed ~n ~ exercise of caution. To the extent th~s constitutes su~lussage, should be reg~ded as such. lnkially, ~e 1986 exception ~denfified a need to provide a safe transk~on to H~ghway 126 and avoid the na~ow, cun, ed ove~s wi~ ~e railroad. That transpo~fion need still ex~s~ ~s do the aeeds~ identified ~n the 1985 Dra~ Eavironmea~l Impact Statement and repeated in the SDEI& to (1) improve access to ~e West Eugene ~nd~ial ~ea v~a d~rect ~nnecfions with only s~ateg~c crossroads, (2} be~er link West Eugene residential areas with downtown, (3) relieve congestion and ~mprove s~e¢- along West 1 lth Avenue by removing most ~ntra- and ~nte>regional and some local traffic from the bus,est and most h~dous section of West 1 lth Avenue~ (4) fac~l~te imra- and ~nte>reg[onal and c~de ravel through the western half of~e C~ of Eugene be~een Highway ~ 26 ~d the lme~te 5~mer~te 105 co~dor~ and (5) ~mplement an ~mpo~nt pa~ of the ~eaw~de roadway system ~ e~v[sion~ in ~e TmnsPl~. See SDEIS at 1~ 1; see also Su~ementa[ N¢eds ~nalysis and ~hematives Memorandum. ~e Tr~spo~fion Planning Rule, at OAR 660-012-0005(28)~ defines "regional ~anspo~fion needs" as "needs for movement of people and goods be~een and through communities and accesslbili~ to regional destinations w~in a me~opoli~n ~e~ county or ass~iated group of counties." ~ose n~ds exist in West Eugene~ ~ ~dentified above. ~e West Eugene P~kway, wkh the Modified Project al~men~ would se~e regional ~spo~fion needs of the area by enhancing ~he movement of~c ~rough the Eugene-Springfield region, by ~mproving access to regional population ~d emploSment centers (in p~icular, the West Eugene indus~ial ~ea ~d the Willow Creek B~n35)~ and by improving accessib[l[~ to regional destinations, including Fern RJdge 33 Alternatives Memorandum, Table 4. 35 The ~l~ow Creek Basin ~s k~cated south of West 1'1~' Avenue in West Eugene. The 1082 Willow Creek SpecJal Area Study the 20~e ~ll~ Cr~k ~ndustfia~ pa~, in~Udes ~e m~nt~ approv~ Hyunda~ semi~ndu~or ~nufa~udng plant ~n EXHIBIT C-1 - F~N[;)~NGS 22