Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project - FEIS - Volume 1 - TriMet

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Pile driving or drilling Concrete casting Roadway construction, including intersections, signal systems, sidewalks, bicycle facilities, or trails Trackway and roadway construction Station construction Parking garage and maintenance facility construction Landscaping and replanting These activities would be a major source of jobs and economic activity, but they are also potential sources for impacts such as localized increases in traffic and delays, loss of parking, reduced access, increased noise, increased dust and dirt, and visual impacts. The removal of natural or built features from the existing landscape would also have the potential to impact ecosystems habitat, expose soils to erosion, and affect stormwater runoff with impacts to water quality, fish, and wildlife. Some of the removed soils or buildings could contain hazardous materials, requiring treatment and handling consistent with state and federal laws. Project construction would also consume energy, and the use of combustible fuels would be a source of pollutants and greenhouse gases. The FEIS environmental and transportation chapters provide more details on these and other construction impacts and then identify best practices and mitigation commitments that the project will employ to minimize impacts and reduce their severity and duration. S.7 EVALUATION OF THE ALTERNATIVES This section summarizes the financial analysis in Chapter 5, which also examines the ability of the project to meet the purpose and need and related performance objectives. S.7.1 Financial Feasibility Analysis This section assesses the financial feasibility of the alternatives, given the costs of the alternatives and the current, anticipated, and potential sources of revenue. The financial feasibility analysis is divided into two elements, because each element would have a different financing plan: Project Capital Financial Feasibility Analysis focuses on whether there are adequate project capital resources currently available to construct light rail and, if not, the options for resolving the project capital need for additional resources. S-24 Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project FEIS Executive Summary
System Fiscal Feasibility Analysis focuses on whether there are adequate resources to operate and maintain the entire transit system, including operations of the Portland- Milwaukie Light Rail Project, between now and the year 2030 and, if not, the options for resolving the system’s financial needs. System costs include all transit operation and maintenance (O&M) costs and all transit capital expenditures to the year 2030, except for the capital costs of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project accounted for in the Project Capital Financial Feasibility Analysis. S.7.2 Costs S.7.2.1 Project Capital Costs As shown in Table S-3, LPA to Park Avenue is estimated to cost about $1.548 billion in YOE dollars, about $57 million more than the LPA Phasing Option and almost $167 million more than the MOS to Lake Road. The LPA Phasing Option is estimated to cost about $109 million (YOE dollars) more than the MOS to Lake Road. Table S-3 Capital Costs of Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project In Millions of 2010 and Year-of-Expenditure (YOE) Dollars LPA to Park Ave LPA Phasing Option MOS to Lake Rd Insurance, Special Condition $49.6 $49.3 $44.3 Utilities/street construction $76.5 $76.8 $69.6 Track Grade, Structures, Installation $274.1 $270.2 $247.7 Stations/Park and Rides $50.1 $34.8 $48.6 System $69.9 $69.1 $64.9 Operations/Maintenance Facility $8.1 $5.1 $7.8 Right-of-Way 3 $204.0 $203.6 $196.8 Vehicles 1 $87.1 $77.3 $69.9 Professional Services $173.5 $166.3 $154.8 Unallocated Contingency $161.0 $159.6 $139.3 Sub-Total (2010 Dollars) $1,153.9 $1,112.1 $1,043.7 Escalation to Year-of-Expenditure on Sub-Total $120.6 $116.2 $111.1 Finance Charges 2 $273.4 $262.1 $226.4 Total in Year-of-Expenditure Dollars $1,547.9 $1,490.4 $1,381.2 Source: TriMet, 2010; numbers may not add due to rounding. 1 LPA to Park Avenue cost incorporates 20 vehicles; LPA Phasing Option incorporates 18 vehicles, and MOS to Lake Road cost incorporates16 vehicles. 2 Includes interest payments for interim borrowing and net finance costs during the construction period on bonds issued to provide local match. Finance costs are based on assumption that annual appropriations of New Start funds for the project would not exceed $100 million in any one year. Finance costs and, therefore, total project costs would change if assumption regarding annual appropriation levels change during Final Design. 3 Includes Land and right-of-way purchased plus value of land and right-of-way donated to project. Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project FEIS S-25 Executive Summary
Page 3 and 4: The following persons may be contac
Page 5 and 6: S.7 Evaluation of the Alternatives
Page 7 and 8: 3.8 Ecosystems ....................
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2.1.1.7 Other Light Rail Facilities
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From approximately 250 feet south o
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ack at Union Station, or would cont
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Light Rail Early Operations The lig
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Construction Duration and Timing Co
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constructed north of Kellogg Lake b
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Barges and temporary work bridges w
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noise requirements as required by l
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2.2 COST ESTIMATES This section pro
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2000 South Corridor Transportation
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Elevated station in South Waterfron
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Loss of over 100 parking spaces Con
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comparison for the options describe
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composite bridge types were elimina
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Require fewer impacts to traffic an
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Current land uses and zoning do not
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must also provide approvals for the
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Noise and vibration - the operation
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addition, TriMet is a municipal gov
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Road to SE Park Avenue, including s
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Ruby Junction Maintenance Facility
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3.2.1 Affected Environment This sec
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Growth Concept and the Regional Fra
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South Waterfront Plan (2002) The So
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Boulevard and residential neighborh
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3.2.2.1 Compatibility with Adopted
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LPA Phasing Option Compatibility wi
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subsequently provides the opportuni
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acquisition would be from the UPRR
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Table 3.2-1 Current Zoning and Pote
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Table 3.2-1 Current Zoning and Pote
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Table 3.2-2 Assessments of Redevelo
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Special Tax Districts - Urban Renew
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with the expansion of the Ruby Junc
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Since the project runs beside the T
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temporary jobs over the constructio
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Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Proje
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and property owners are fully infor
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Neighborhood Portland Table 3.3-2 S
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Table 3.3-3 Percentages of Homes wi
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were on transit. Another group that
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Station, but they can be mitigated.
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The LPA to Park Avenue would have l
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access route, while at the Rhine St
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streetcar for travelers using SW Mo
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3.3.4 Environmental Justice Complia
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state levels. This is a very low le
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The project team surveyed the prope
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Therefore, according to the definit
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Inner Eastside Portland Visual Anal
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Topography - The visibility and sca
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SW 4 th Avenue and SW 1 st Avenue,
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Inner Eastside Portland Visual Anal
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on SE 16 th Avenue and small busine
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ut would be less visible from other
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Downtown Milwaukie Visual Analysis
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Unincorporated Clackamas County/Oak
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The overall area includes a mix of
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Alternative LPA to Park Ave. (cont.
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Alternative LPA to Park Ave. (cont.
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may be unavoidable, particularly wh
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extended the APE, and FTA submitted
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Table 3.5-1 Historic Resources and
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Map ID # Address Name/Type 39 40 41
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An area where there is a reasonable
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Table 3.5-1 identifies the specific
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it could be built into the retainin
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As defined in the MOA, geotechnical
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Table 3.6-1 Summary of Potential Pa
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Table 3.6-2 Summary of Direct Impac
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Dogwood Park This small park in dow
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The amount of property needed to de
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following planned or existing park
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Unconsolidated Sedimentary Aquifer
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Hazardous Soil Properties Two soil
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LPA Phasing Option The LPA Phasing
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3.7.3 Mitigation The project incorp
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Table 3.8-1 Summary of Potential Na
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Site/Wetland PM 0 PM 1 Table 3.8-2
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Table 3.8-4 Summary of Existing Con
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In addition to these general vegeta
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lackberry, Himalayan blackberry, sw
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Section 7 of the federal ESA ensure
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Native Species Table 3.8-7 Fish Spe
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3.8.2.2 Locally Preferred Alternati
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and/or waterways located within the
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In-water habitat impacts due to the
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time. Section 3.9, Water Quality an
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Vegetation Type Table 3.8-11 Potent
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Short-Term Impacts (Construction) S
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driving, and other construction act
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to these species and their habitats
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Fish and Wildlife Resources (ODFW 2
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Work Area Isolation. Any action, ex
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Where native vegetation removal is
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Table 3.9-1 summarizes the baseline
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(COP 2008a; DEQ 2009). The DEQ also
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Stream 1 Table 3.9-3 Project Area S
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Consequently, adverse water quality
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than five percent of the average an
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approximately 200 square feet. As w
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3.9.2.3 Cumulative Impacts Past and
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and water quality impacts also may
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sound level (L dn ) is an L eq over
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Moderate. In this range, other proj
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For roadways that meet the above re
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The proposed light rail alignment w
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3.10.3.7 Fixed Noise Sources and An
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Table 3.10-3 Existing Conditions No
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Figure 3.10-5 Freight Train Pass-By
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predicted to remain below the impac
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impacts are not anticipated, but if
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Rec.# 1 Type 3 Area Description 2 U
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Rec.# 1 Type 3 Area Description 2 U
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Along SW Lincoln Street, traffic no
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3.10.5.3 Noise at Park-and-Rides an
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to the Tacoma Park-and-Ride because
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Rec. # Area Description 1 Land Use
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General construction of the alignme
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and for pedestrian crossings not in
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policy is to provide mitigation at
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Table 3.10-8 Summ
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Vibration mitigation for the Portla
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package would ensure that the inter
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area for ground level ozone. Over t
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Table 3.11-2 also shows, for inform
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Table 3.11-4 Highest Projected 8-Ho
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3.11.3.2 Short-Term Impact Mitigati
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Energy that would be consumed durin
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Alternative Table 3.12-4 Summary of
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subsurface. Underlying these units
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R I 34TH AVE 37TH AVE 50TH AVE SET
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The remedial design of the river em
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contamination likely occurred from
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Table 3.13-1 Summary of Sites with
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LPA Phasing Option The LPA Phasing
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Precipitation events can generate s
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Minimum Operable Segment (MOS) to L
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Phase I Environmental Site Assessme
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Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA)
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At SE 4 th Avenue, drainage for wat
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At SE Reedway Street, a 60-inch con
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Minimum Operable Segment (MOS) to L
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Avenue and SE McLoughlin Boulevard
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To access Oak Grove Elementary Scho
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typically occur every 7.5 minutes.
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City of Milwaukie Police Department
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3.16.1.1 Law Enforcement, Fire, and
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City of Portland and City of Milwau
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the potential for the incidence of
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Thirty TriMet staff members are ded
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equired element, will verify that i
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The Final Section 4(f) Evaluation p
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Table 3.17-2 Portland-Milwaukie Lig
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4. TRANSPORTATION This chapter desc
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(OMSI) and the Central Eastside Ind
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SE Park Avenue/SE Oatfield Road (tw
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SE McLoughlin Boulevard at SE Bybee
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at both SE 17 th Avenue/SE Mall Str
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priority treatment. Streetcar stops
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4.2.1.1 Amount of Service The amoun
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Table 4.2-2 Transit and Auto Averag
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Table 4.2-4 Average Weekday Light R
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Bridge Ridership Table 4.2-6 illust
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Station Table 4.2-8 Milwaukie LRT A
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4.2.1.9 Year 2016 Forecast A riders
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VMT on the region’s roadways woul
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LPA Phasing Option With the LPA Pha
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discussion of parking impacts and m
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lower availability of unrestricted
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SE 8 th Avenue/SE Powell Boulevard
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Table 4.3-7 Sub-area A - Portland S
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Table 4.3-8 Sub-area A - Portland S
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Intersection SE 8 th Avenue/SE Wood
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volume movements (typically the thr
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Table 4.3-11 Sub-area B - SE Powell
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SE Tacoma Street/SE McLoughlin Boul
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Table 4.3-14 Sub-area C - SE Tacoma
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LPA Phasing Option Intersection ana
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north is SE McLoughlin Boulevard/SE
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Table 4.3-16 Sub-Area D - Highway 2
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mitigations remain. Intersection wo
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Table 4.3-18 Sub-Area D - Highway 2
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location of onshore facilities, fre
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may cause maneuvering difficulties
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are only those costs associated wit
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Table 5.1-1 Capital Costs for Portl
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Table 5.1-3 Summary of Transit Syst
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TriMet and Metro have entered into
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Discussions are underway with parti
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evenue source, contributing about $
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Fiscal Year Table 5.1-7 System Fisc
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5.1.4.2 System Revenue Options As s
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Operating Revenues Table 5.1-9: Sum
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Objective/Criteria Support of Activ
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Table 5.2-3 Transit and Auto Averag
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Table 5.2-6 Average Weekday Transit
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Table 5.2-8 Highway System Use: 203
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Table 5.2-9 Cost-Effectiveness: Cor
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Measures Regional Air Quality (tons
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Alternative, which is the NEPA base
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Economic Development: High This cri
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Public involvement programs designe
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6.1.2 Stakeholder Meetings To suppl
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Table 6.1-1 Stakeholder Meetings Da
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Table 6.1-2 Project Briefings to Es
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Direct mailing. Postcards were mail
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Corridor Project evolved from a re-
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Local government outreach activitie
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Table 6.3-1 Federal, State, and Loc
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National Historic Preservation Act
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Demolition - BDS Signage - BDS Elec
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7. PUBLIC COMMENT SUMMARY This chap
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Educational institutions: Oregon He
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The Central Eastside Industrial Cou
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7.2.3.2 Comments Relating to Techni
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The Oak Grove Sanitary District pro
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Single station in downtown Milwauki
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needed for the Portland-Milwaukie L
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