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by the amendments. The amendments will not change TransPlan’s and the Metro Plan’s provisions <br />related to the protection and maintenance of the scenic, historical, economic and recreational qualities of <br />lands along the Willamette River. Further, the amendments will not affect TransPlan’s and the Metro <br />Plan’s compliance with Goal 15. Therefore, the amendments comply with Goal 15. <br /> <br />GOALS 16-19 – COASTAL GOALSEstuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelines, Beaches and <br />: ( <br />Dunes, and Ocean Resources) <br /> <br />There are no estuarine resources, shorelines, beaches, dunes, or ocean resources located within the Metro <br /> <br />Plan or TransPlan boundary. Accordingly, Goals 16, 17, 18, and 19 are not applicable. <br /> <br />Criterion B. Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. <br /> <br />TransPlan guides regional transportation system planning and development in the Eugene-Springfield <br />metropolitan area. The region covered by TransPlan is the “TransPlan Study Area”, which is an area <br />extending beyond the UGB and Metro Plan boundary that is used for transportation modeling purposes. <br />TransPlan includes provisions for meeting the transportation demand of a projected population of <br />296,500 in the TransPlan Study Area. When TransPlan was updated in 2001, it was anticipated that the <br />TransPlan Study Area’s population would reach 296,500 in 2015. It is now anticipated that the TransPlan <br />Study Area’s population will not reach 296,500 until approximately 2027. Since the transportation <br />modeling for the TransPlan Study Area was based on a projected population of 296,500, TransPlan <br />guides regional and transportation system planning and development in the Transportation Study Area <br />until 2027. <br /> <br />The proposed amendments to the Metro Plan and TransPlan will not make the Metro Plan internally <br />inconsistent. While the proposed TransPlan amendments necessitate that the text of the Metro Plan’s <br />Transportation Element be amended to ensure internal consistency of the Metro Plan; these needed Metro <br />Plan text amendments are proposed along with the TransPlan amendments. Together, the proposed <br />amendments to the Metro Plan and to TransPlan are consistent with each other and the other provisions <br />of the Metro Plan. Additionally, the amendments are consistent with applicable Metro Plan findings and <br />policies; specific findings and policies being discussed below. <br /> <br />B. Economic Element <br /> <br />B.18 Encourage the development of transportation facilities which would improve access to <br />industrial and commercial areas and improve freight movement capabilities by <br />implementing the policies and projects in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area <br />Transportation Plan (TransPlan) and the Eugene Airport Master Plan. <br />The amendments to TransPlan’s project lists, which delete transportation projects that have been <br />constructed, demonstrate consistency with Policy B.18. Specifically, the deletions from TransPlan’s <br />project lists identify the following transportations projects as having been completed: Jasper Road <br />Extension, Project No. 66 (Construct 4-lane arterial); Pioneer Parkway Extension, Project No. 768 <br />(Construct 4-5 lane minor arterial); Beltline Highway, Project No. 409 (Widening to 4 lanes, construction <br />of Roosevelt extension). <br /> F. Transportation Element <br /> 6 <br />