T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program - FEIS Chapters - PVD

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluationextension would begin in 2015. The land acquisition would be completed and construction would begin in 2017.Between 2017 and 2020, RIAC would construct the efficiency projects including: Runway 5-23 extension andsafety areas, taxiways and aprons, navigational aids and lighting, the Runway 5-23 Perimeter Road, anddrainage and utilities; Fully Relocated Airport Road including drainage and utilities; and expanded passengerterminal and gates; new GSE facility; new belly cargo facility; new fuel farm; new Integrated Cargo Facility;expanded auto parking facilities; and reconfigured terminal access roadways.Alternative B4 PhasingFor Alternative B4, safety projects including land acquisition and enabling would, as in Alternative B2, all becompleted by the end of 2015 (see Figures 3-10 through 3-14). Land acquisition for the Runway 5-23 extensionand Realigned Main Avenue would completed by 2014; construction of the Runway 5-23 extension and safetyareas, taxiways and reconfigured aprons, navigational aids and lighting, the Runway 5-23 Perimeter Road, anddrainage and utilities work would be completed by the end of 2015. Between 2016 and 2020 RIAC wouldconstruct the expanded passenger terminal and gates, new GSE facility, new belly cargo facility, new fuel farm,new Integrated Cargo Facility, expanded auto parking facilities, and reconfigured terminal access roadways.Table 3-13 compares the impacts and costs of Alternative B4 as reported in the DEIS and this FEIS. As describedabove, the impacts changed between the DEIS and the FEIS due to an updated passenger and operationsforecast and new avoidance and minimization measures included in the FEIS design.The primary differences in Alternative B4 from the DEIS to this FEIS relate to noise impacts, noise mitigation,City of Warwick tax base, wetland impacts, and floodplain impacts. 142 Revised impacts in this FEIS are a resultof the updated forecast, a new version of the noise model, and design modifications on the Runway 34 End.The FEIS used a more recent version of the noise model than the DEIS (INM 7.0a in the DEIS and 7.0b in thisFEIS), which resulted in the prediction of higher noise impacts for Alternative B4 in this FEIS (see Table 3-13noise impacts showing 282 people exposed to significant noise in 2020 in the DEIS and 409 people in this FEIS).As a result of the community comments on the DEIS, the FAA included an additional 26 residential units to theAlternative B4 VLAP for noise mitigation. These 26 units are included in the 140 residential units listed inTable 3-13. Adding these parcels increased the loss to the annual City of Warwick tax base.Refer to Chapter 6, Mitigation, for a summary matrix that shows significant and other impacts associated witheach alternative and the proposed mitigation measures that would be undertaken to address those impacts.142 The FAA implemented further minimization and avoidance measures on the Runway 34 End design that reduced Alternative B4 wetland impacts by2.3 acres and reduced floodplain impacts by 2.4 acres. See Section 3.9.2, FEIS Impact Analysis, for additional information on the minimization andavoidance measures.Chapter 3 – Alternatives Analysis 3-47 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH03_Alternatives_JUL_2011.doc