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WEST ELKT~NE PARKWAY ~FJED PROJ ECT~-4X)NSISTENC:-f W~TH THE STATEWIDE PLANNING GOALS AND TRANSPOP~TATION 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 conditions. Potential ponding of highway runoff resulting from the nonstandard design would also present a hazard. See Alternatives 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 for 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. Compliance with OAR 660-012-0070(8), ORS 97.732(1)(c)(D) Goal 2 and OAR 660-004-0020(2)(d) OAR 660-012-0070(8) provides that to comply wkh Goal 2 Pa~ II(c)(4), the exception must describe the adverse effects ~at the proposed transpo~afion ~mprovement [s l~kely to have on the su~ound[ng rural lands and land uses, including increased traffic ~d pressure for nonf~ or h~ghway oriented development on me~ made more accessible by the transpomfion ~mprovement. ~is section also requires, as pa~ of the exception, fac~liW design and land use measures which m~nim~ze accessibility of rural lands from the proposed tmnspo~fion fac~lky and suppo~ 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 limked 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 3.1 acres involve privately ovmed lands, and none of those acres are part of commercial farms. Accordingly, an3' impact on the commemial 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 1,300 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 intersection will help limit local access to the adjoining rural area, thereby reducing adverse farm impacts and maintaining compatibility. Likewise, the design feature closing direct access onto West EXIqlB~T ~l - F~ND)NGS 47