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WEST EL~ENE PARKWAY ~O~F!ED PROJECT--CO~SISTENCY WiTH THE STATEWtDE PLANNING GOALS AND TRA~tSPORTATt~ PLANNI~ RULE The process resulting in the recommendation for the Modified Project included study of a range of alternative alignments at locations not requiring goal exceptions. For the reasons stated below and in the Alternatives Memorandum, incorporated herein by reference, none of those alternative alignments can reasonably accommodate the proposed use. The alternative alignments not requiring new exceptions are the following. Environmental Protection Agency Alternative Environmental Protection Agency Optimized Alternative Green H~ll Road At-Grade Alternative Southern Alternative Southern (Modified) Alternative Approved Design Green Hill Flyover Alternative These alternatives are illustrated on Figure 1. Environmental Protection Agency Alternative This first o£two Env~mmental Protection Agency (EPA) alternatives proposes a "no*build" condkion from Beltline H~ghway to the O~ Hill area no~ of the railroad tracks and west of Goble Lane. Traffic west of the Beltline/WEP interSection would use West 1 tth Avenue and Bekline Highway to access the WEP. This EPA alternative cannot reasonably accommodate the identfffied need because it ~not operate as a major arterial ~n a manner consistent with applicable design and safety standards or achieve state and local transportation objectives. The EPA alternative would result in severe and unacceptable traffic congestion at the three major intersections along West 1 lth Avenue between Beltline Highway and Highway 126. Under this alternative, the West I lth Avenue~/Green Hill Road interSection would operate at LOS F with a volume to capaci~ (v/c) ratio of 1.1 l; the West 11th Avenue/Danebo intersection would operate at LOS F with a v/c ratio of 1.84; and the West 1 lth Avenue/Bettline Highway intersection would operate at LOS F with a 2.40 v/c ratio. See Alternatives Memorandum, Appendix C and SDEt3 at 5-~3. These severe congestion problems cause this alternative to be unsafe and inefficient, and the h~lure to meet applicable standards would result in registered professional engineerS not approving the alternative. Moreover, the EPA Alternative does not support the purposes and needs of the project to improve access to the West Eugene ~ndustr[al area, relieve congestion on West 1 lth Avenue, or facilitate ~nterregional and intra-regional travel. Environmenta~ Protection Agency Optimized Alternative The EPA Optimized Alternative would follow the same concept as the EPA Alternative, except that the facility would be designed to meet the transportation operational requirements of a parkway. To meet acceptable (LOS D) traffic operating conditions, this would potentially require intemhanges at WEP/Bekline Highway, Beltl[ne Highway/West 1 lth Avenue, and West 1 Ith AvenueFFerry Street; frontage roads along much ~f not all of West 1 lth Avenue; potential connectors between Danebo Avenue and Beltl[ne Highway and between Terry Street and West 1 lth Avenue; the closure of the Danebo Avenue/West 1 lth Avenue intemection; mad substantial widening (potentially up to eight lanes) along portions of West 1 lth Avenue (EDENS at 2-20). The EPA Optim~ Alternative cannot reasonably accommodate the identified transportation need because ~t ~s not geometfically £eas[ble or prudent. Project design engineers have determined that there ~s not enough room between Terry Street and the proposed ~P~eltline Highway interchange EXHIBIT C4 - FINDINGS