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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation640,000 square feet of office uses, 640,000 square feet of hotel and conference uses, and 220,000 square feet ofconvenience retail and entertainment uses, subject to City approval. 327 Additionally, it is anticipated that industrialdevelopment is likely to continue in the Jefferson Boulevard corridor west of the Airport and the Airport ParkArea north of the Airport. Future expansion of these uses along Post Road in the vicinity of the Airport is unlikelygiven the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan, which discourage any further encroachment ofcommercial and institutional uses into residential neighborhoods in this area. (As previously discussed, at the timeof this filing the City has initiated the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan.) Future land use changes alsoinclude the residential land acquisitions under the Current Part 150 VLAP, as discussed previously under theNo-Action Alternative. Additionally, RIAC will consider reinstating the 15 property owners who elected not toparticipate under the Completed Part 150 VLAP as part of a ‘Future Phase’ contingent on funding availability.Refer to the DEIS Compatible Land Use Technical Report Chapter 5, Level 6 Environmental Consequences and Mitigation,Section 5.6, Cumulative Impacts Analysis, for a more detailed description of potential future land use changes.5.4.7.4 Summary of Cumulative ImpactsIn general, with or without the Improvement Program, the land uses in the section of City of Warwick west ofthe Airport would continue to include more new commercial and mixed-use developments according to theknown planned and permitted projects, such as the WSRD. Alternatives B2 and B4 would have no directimpacts in this area. Alternatives B2 and B4 would contribute to a cumulative loss of residential and commercialand industrial land due to land acquisition and the conversion of this land to airport land, airport vacant landcleared for RPZ or for a Future Build VLAP for noise mitigation, and off-Airport roads. In addition, theNo-Action Alternative and Alternatives B2 and B4 would result in an overall cumulative increase in the amountof non-compatible land uses exposed to noise.Table 5-49 includes a comparison of the cumulative residential land acquisitions, including the Current Part 150VLAP, those residential properties to be acquired for construction of Alternatives B2 or B4, future residentialland acquisitions for properties eligible for land acquisition for noise mitigation, and residential voluntaryacquisitions for the FAA-recommended clearing of the RPZ areas. Under the No-Action Alternative, cumulativeor continued land use changes are anticipated to the north and south of the Airport due to additional residentialparcels that would be eligible for acquisition. Table 5-49 shows that, cumulatively, Alternative B4 would resultin fewer overall residential land acquisitions compared to Alternative B2.Under the No-Action Alternative by 2025, cumulative, or continued, residential land use changes would beevident south and north (to new impact areas) of the Airport due to additional residential parcels that would beeligible for land acquisition because of noise increases (115 residential parcels consisting of 135 housing units)due to future growth in Airport operations without the Improvement Program. By 2025, due to Alternative B2,cumulative, or continued, land use changes are anticipated south and north (to newly impacts areas) of theAirport due to additional residential parcels that would be eligible for land acquisition because of noiseincreases (285 residential parcels consisting of 372 housing units). Alternative B2 would convert residentialparcels to Airport land or roadway north as well as south of the Airport to construct Runway 5-23, includingRPZ clearing at both ends, the RSA for Runway 16 (to the north only), Partially and Fully Relocated Airport327 The Warwick Station Redevelopment District development program has been expanded from 1.1 million gross square feet (gsf) to 1.5 million gsf, accordingto the City of Warwick Planning Department (correspondence dated February, 2011).Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-71 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc