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WEST E~NE PA~AY ~)0{F~ED P~ECT-,~.,~NSISTENCY W~H THE STATE~ ............ u~ PLANNING GUALS AND TRANSP~ATION PLANNING RULE to vastly relieve congestion. Restoring West l 1 th Avenue to a properly functioning local road serves a "local transportation ne local destinations, ea to move people within the West Eugene area and to provide access to In summary, a transportation need exists for the Modified Project. 2rlqat need is a regional need to move people and goods within the greater Eugene-SPringfield metropolitan region, a statewide need to move people and goods through the region to outside destinations, such as the Oregon coast and Oregon Cascades, and a local need to move people efficiently within the West Eugene area. A limited access fhcility is warranted to preserve the function of the roadway to facilitate these kinds of trips. A four-lane facility is warranted with 2015 vehicle trip estimates ranging from 18,400 to 23,700 average daily trips in the portions of the WEP west of Beldine Highway and over 34,000 average daily trips east of Beltline Highway.46 Without this new facility, arterial and collector streets in West Eugene become overburdened. All principal intersections along West 1 lth Avenue will function at LOS "F' by the year 2015. With the modified project, Highway 126 can again perform its intended purpose of serving primarily intra-regional and interregional travel, and West 11 th Avenue cm~ again perform its primary, function of serving predominantly local travel needs. Consistency with To comply with OAR 660-012-0070¢), the identified transportation need must be consistent with the requirements of OAR 660~012-0030. The WEP and its Modified Project are consistent with those requirements for the reasons stated below. O~ 660-012-0030(1) requires that a TSP identify, transportation needs relevant to the planning area and the scale of the transportation network being planned, including state, regional and local transportation needs, the needs of the transportation disadvantaged, and needs for movement of goods and services. The ]999 Oregon Highway Plan is an element of the State TSP. That plan identifies a statewide transportation need for the WEP. That plan, and ODOT's Oregon Transportation Plan (1992), also address broader statewide needs, including the needs of the transportation disadvantaged and the needs for movement of people and goods~ consistent with this provision. Neither the TransPlan nor the Lane County Rural Transportation Plan are "transportation system plans" as that term is used in the TPR. BOth were adopted before the TPR took effect and have not yet been amended to fully comply with the rule. Currently, the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) is in the process of preparing amendments to the TransPlan to implement the TPR and create a regional TSP.47 A dra~ plan has been released, with adoption anticipated sometime in 2000. Efforts to update Lane County's transpo~tion plan are following a separate track. Under the coordination requirements of the TPR, regional and local transportation plans, including the TransPlan and the Lane Count3, Rural Transportation Plan, will need to be consistent with the state TSP~ Accordingly, both the Metro Area and County TSPs will need to include the WEP. The ~P and its Modified Project also are intended to improve access within the metropolitan region and to developments existing and planned for the West Eugene area, including the large West Eugene industrial area. Even with the West Eugene Wetlands Plan, hundreds of acres remain available for future industrial development in the industrial area where, as of 1994, the City had invested over 46 SDEiS, Figure 3~2. 47 LCOG ~s the Me~ropo~ita~ P{anning Organ~ation (MPO) designated by the Governor to coordinate transportation p~anning for ~ Eugen~pdngfie!d me~repolitan area. LCOG~ preparing ~ Tra~aPlan u ate w' '~ ~- ~,,~ ~ ~s[r~ m ~oramat~on w~n O~T the Lane - ~ ' .... ' , Reg~ona~ Air Author~, the F~eral Highway Administration, the F~erel Trans~ Agent, and other agencies, EXH~T C~ - FINDINGS 25