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ALTE~JATIVES CO~$~D~D - ~p (each direction) was found to be infeasible because of the amount of unacceptable right-of-way acquisition. Additional roadway safety and capaci~ improvements are planned in the near future between Danebo Avenue and Green Hil~ Road.These past and futura ~mprovements have been incorporated into the traffic modeling fbr the project that show a need for the WEP. As the Prima~ link between Highway 126 m the west and the I-5/I-105 corridor to the east and also a principle street se~ing local travel, West t tth Avenue f?om the Oak Hill area to Garfield Street includes numerous features that impede efficient expressway travel, including: e Numerous signals and intersections e Traffic flow would be disrupted M~ sho~ traffic weaving sections causing drivers m move vetficles across lanes at sharp angles thereby increasing the severity of potential crashes ~ Transportation operations would function very inefficiently because the ~brecasted traffic volumes on West 11~h make it almost impossible to time sig~s for optimal ve~cle progression ~ Over 100 existing commercial enterprises with direct access to West 1 tth ~ ~ inefficient connection between 'West 11~ Avenue and the 6~ and Th Avenue couplet by way of Garfield Street, including two signals and two 90-degree tums~ Under ~is minimization alternative, these condkions would all need to be rectified by one or a combination oft he following measures: ~ Elimination of most direct access to West 1 lth Avenue through construction of frontage roads or re of access to other roadways ~ Construction of intemhanges at strategic intersections se~ing region~ and/or local ~avel~ such ~ at eltline or COnstruction of elevated crossings at cross streets ~ Construction o£a complicated, if'not impossible, connection between West 11~h Avenue and Highway 99 in the Garfield Street area Each of ~ese actions would require extensive fight-of-way modifications to West 11th Avenue and/or other existing or new roads, resulting in adverse effects including: · Displacement and/or extensive access changes to over 100 commercial and light- industrial businesses ly adjacent m West 11~h, G~eld Street, and 6th and 7~ avenues. The changes would require extensive alteration of the overall land use pattern established in the last 25 to 30 years. These actions would severely ~mpact the commemial land base of the city, and also substantially impact local employment, business ~ncome, and tax base. Combined, these impacts would be of such magnitude to render this alternative ~easonable. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Alternative This alternative proposes a "no-build" condk[on from the Oak Hill area to Beltline Highway~ NOnetheless, ~e segment of~e MOdified Project ~om Beltline Highway m Highway 99 would be constructed. Tra~c west of the Belthne~P' ~ntersectmn' :' would use West 11th Avenue and Beltl~ne EX~IB~ C~2 - F~NDiNGS 25