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WEST EUGENE PARKWAY ~{~FtED PROJ ECT--CA]NSISTENCY WITH THE STATEWI~ ~NNiNG GOALS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RULE creates no new parcels outside the UGB, and it should not increase the potential fYr encroachment beyond that associated with the Approved Design. Social Consequences Potential adverse social impacts resulting from highway pro~ects typically include displacements, acreage losses, impeded access, impacts to community cohesion, visual impacts, induced development and noise. Because of the industrial zoning of affected lands inside the UGB, and because of the predominant pattern of existing open space use of lands in this area as provided in the ~FE~7?, the Modified Project should cause few adverse social impacts inside the UGB. Noise impacts should not differ significantly from the Approved Design~ with the roadway mostly next to and paralleling the railroad, away from noise receptors. Visual impacts are reduced by the alignment mostly adjoins lands protected as wetlands under the ~FET, F? (including the fact that the residentially designated lands near Terry Street) instead of being located closer in proximity to residential and other developed areas. See Map 3 of the ~YEWP. However, in comparison to a no-build~ the Modified Project does have significant visual impacts, as some may deem a roadway facility crossing open space to be unsightly. Still~ others may consider it a visual benefit, providing opportunity to view the open space. Overall, the social consequences of allowing the WEP~ as opposed to fully protecting the resource~ are not significantly different. Some people will find the Modified Project socially o~jectionable by its very nature~ where full preservation of the resource would not have this resul[ However, others would find that the improved mobility provided by the WEP socially outweighs adverse visual impacts oft he project and the preservation of[he acres of wetlands otherwise lost. Outside hhe UGB, social knpacts again would be minor~ Indeed, the level of impact is reduced over that resulting from the Approved Design. As described in the Compatibility Memorandum, access to four private properties on Goble Lane could be affected~ but alternative access will be provide& The proximity of the facility to the railroad tracks and West 11 th Avenue should preclude any adverse community cohesion consequences. Three residences will be impacted visually, hut impacts are reduced for three other residences as a result of the alignment modification. Noise impacts could potentially increase for six property owners, compared to eight for the Approved Design. However, noise impacts are not expected to be significant~a Because of ~Y/r~ and zoning limitations and the proximity of Fern Ridge Reservoir to the wes~ the potential for induced development is not high.~ Ofcourse~ vfith full protection of the resource~ none of these impacts would result. Still, many rural residents surveyed view the WEP as a social benefit. ~nvironmental Consequences The primary reason for shifting the roadway location from the Approved Design to the Modified Project relates to environmental impacts associated with wetlands and threatened and endangered plant and animal resources. As the Land Use TechnicaI ]~eport explains, the extent to which endangered and/or threatened species would be protected is one of the most ~mportant criterion distinguishing the Approved Design from the Modified Project, with the Modified Project resulting in much greater protection. Similarly, the Modified Project would result in substantially less adverse impacts to designated biologically sensitive areas and critical natural vegetation and habitat than the Approved ~sign. [t is noted that wetland resources extend virtually the entire length of the %rEP from just west of Danebo Avenue to near Goble Lane, outside the UGB.20 Analysis of noise impacts for state land use purposes is not the same as for federa~ NEPA purposes. ~nduced development ~s address~ ~n more detai~ ~n the discussion under OAR 66~2~070(8), ~orated here~n by ~h~s mfem~. S~ maps a6a~ed ~o ~he ~mpa~b#i~ Memo~ndum. EXHIB~T C-1 - FiNDiNGS