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WEST EUGENE PARKWAY ~FIED PROJECT-CONSiSTENCY W~TH THE STATEW~DE PLANNING ~S AND TRANSPORTATION PlANNiNG RULE In addition to the adverse impacts identified for the Green Hill Road Flyover Alternative, it also is noted that the elevated structure required to cross the railroad tracks would result in safety hazards due to rotating super-elevation rates. In turn, this could result in erratic vehicle operation as drivers attempt to negotiate the curves, especially at night and during wet and icy pavement condkions~ Potential ponding of highway runoff resulting from the nonstandard design would also present a hazard. See .d[ternatives Memorandum. For these reasons, the Green Hill Road Flyover Alternative is not an operationally feasible alternative. Finally and as previously noted, because goal exceptions were previously approved and acknowledged ~br the Approved Design, it is likely that the Approved Design and Green Hill Flyover alternatives are more properly addressed under OAR 660-012-0070(5) (alternatives not requiring an exception) than under OAR 660-012-0070(7). For that reason, the discussion of those alternatives in this section are incorporated by reference into the discussion under OAR 660-012-0070(5). For the reasons explained in this section, the Approved Design and Green Hill Flyover alternatives cannot reasonably accommodate the needed transportation facility because of their significant adverse impacts to high value wetlands and T&E species. omphance with OAR, 660.0 2.0070(8), ORS 97.732(1)(c)(D), Goa 2 Part and OAR OAR 660-012-0070(§) provides that to comply with Goal 2 Part lI(cX4), the exception must describe the adverse effects that the proposed transportation improvement is likely to have on the surrounding rural lands and land uses, including increased traffic and pressure for nonfarm or highway oriented development on areas made more accessible by the transportation improvement. This section also requires, as part of the exception, facilky design and land use measures which minimize accessibility of rural lands from the proposed transportation facility and support continued rural use of surrounding lands. Similarly, OAR 660-004-0020(2)(d) requires the exception to explain how the proposed use is compatible with other adjacent uses or will be rendered compatible through measures designed to reduce adverse impacts. As used in this section, "compatible" is not intended as an absolute term meaning no interference or adverse impacts of any type with adjacent uses. The compatibility of the Modified Project with surrounding rural lands is described in the Compatibility Memorandum, incorporated herein by reference. Those findings are summarized below. Overall, the impacts resulting from the location of this facility on rural land are minimized as a consequence of the proposed location of the facility within an area where substantial acreage is not available for development due to environmental constraints, and through the limited access design of the facility that discourages increased traffic in rural areas. Because of its location immediately north of the railroad tracks, the Modified Project will not create any new parcels or result in any uneconomic remnants, thereby reducing farm impacts. Moreover~ of the approximately 27 acres needed to be taken to accommodate the project outside the UGB, only 3. acres involve privately owned lands, and none of those acres are part of commercial farms. Accordingly~ any impact on the commercial farm enterprise in the area is minimal. The Modified Project will affect accesses to properties along Goble Lane. To maintain local access and use compatibility, Goble Lane would be realigned to the north and extended westward about t,300 feet to near the western end of the project. The existing Highway 126/Goble Lane access would be closed and a new intersection created at an existing driveway at the western end of the proposed Goble Lane extension. The closure of the existing Goble Lane access and its relocation to the new ~ntersecfion will help limk local access to the adjoining rural area, thereby reducing adVerse farm impacts and maintaining compatibility. Likewise~ the design feature closing direct access onto West EXHIBIT C-1 - FINDINGS 47