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WEST [UGtENE PARKWAY ~FIED PROJECT-~)NSlSTEN~ WrfH Tt~ 8TATE~¢I[I[ PLgNNING ¢.4)AL8 &ND TP, ANSPORT^nolt ItAI,IN!NG RIJ~E $12,000,000 in inf?astructure? The West Eugene Parkway with its Modified Project alignment will facilitate the movement of people and goods to and from the West Eugene industrial area. Moreover, the WEP will improve the ability of West 1 lth Avenue to serve local access needs of area businesses. Further, the WEP will also help serve the needs of the transportation disadvantaged by facilitating e~lcient regional transit service along route 93 serving county residents and regional recreational destination access to the Veneta and Fern Ridge Reservoir areas.49 O~ 660-0!2-0030(2} requires that counties or Metropolitan Planning Organizations preparing regional TSPs rely on the analysis of state transportation needs in adopted elements of the state TSP, and that local governments preparing local TSPs rely on the analyses of state and regional transportation needs in adopted elements of the state TSP and adopted regional TSPs. LCfX}, in coordination with Lane County and the ckies of Eugene and Springfield, has develo~d information for a regional TSP and prepared a draft transportation system plan. In so doing, LCOG is relying on analysis of state transportation needs in adopted elements of the state TSP. The 1999 Oregon Highway Plan is an adopted element of ODOT's state TSP. The 1999 Oregon Highway Plan designates Highway 126 from Florence to the Oregon C~cades as a Statewide Highway. The identified transportation need for the WEP with its MOdified Project alignment is consistent with ODOT's designation of Highway 126 as a Statewide Highway because the principal pu¢ose cfa Statewide Highway is to serve interurban and interregional travel needs. Accordingly, this requirement is met. O~ ~60~0!2~0030(3) requires that local and regional transportation need determinations within urban growth boundaries be based on 20-year population and employment forecasts and distributions which are consistent with acknowledged comprehensive plans and Goal 14 urbanization policies. The population and employment projections tSbr the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area are consistent with the acknowledged Metro £[an and FFEWP, which identify West Eugene for predominantly industrial and resource protection use in the immediate vicinity of the Modified Projectfi0 Those projections support the conclusion that traffic conditions at all major intemections along West 1 lth Avenue by the year 2015 will be at LOS "F" without the WEP. Alternatives Memorandum, Appendix B. Significant investment in infrastructure already has taken place in West Eugene, including over $12 million by the City to support industrial development plus private expenditures. Serviced areas include the Green Hill Technolo~ Park north of West t lth Avenue and west of Terry Street. During the past two years, over half the streets and sewers have been constructed to serve this approximately 133-acre indus~ial park. In 1998 and 1999, Rosen Products completed their first phase of development and by September, 1999, employed over 200 workersfi~ Through this provision of infrastructure and commencement of development, urbanizable lands have been converted to urban lands. Whlle there remains substantial vacant acreage for furore industrial development, the presence of urban facilities in this area means that the area can accommodate industrial development now or in the very near future. This is consistent with Goal 14's requirement to encourage urban development on urban lands prior to conversion of urbanizable lands. As described in more detail below, the Lane Council of Governments currently is developing a regional Transportation System Plan as required by the TPR~ This plan, the Transl'lan Update, has not yet been adopted~ However, the plan considers need taking into account numerous measures to 48 Sttpp~emental Needs Analysis at 30. 49 Land Uae Technical Report at 50 The Dm~ Revised TmnaP~a~ (May ~999) ~e~es year ~ 995 population and emp!oy~nt at ~4,1 O0 and ~ ms~mively~ Proj~ed 2055 population and emplOY~ fomms~ are 30~,400 a~ $ 53;~0 51 Co~esponden~ ~ Dave Reinhard, C~ of EUgene Planning and ~velopment ~pa~ent, dat~ September 20, 1999, EXHIBIT C-t - FINDINGS 26