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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationPost Road and the Warwick Station Redevelopment District west of the Airport. 354 As a result of the CurrentPart 150 VLAP, residential land surrounding the Airport would become Airport property due to acquisition fornoise mitigation under the No-Action Alternative. In general, with or without the Improvement Program,development trends which may affect communities in the western section of the Hillsgrove neighborhood withmore new commercial and mixed-use developments, according to the known planned and permitted projects.These developments are consistent with existing uses.Social and Housing Impacts of Alternatives B2 and B4Alternatives B2 and B4 would contribute to a cumulative loss of housing units and residential neighborhoodsdue to the conversion of residential land to Airport land through acquisition (237 units total for Alternative B2and 140 units total for Alternative B4). Alternatives B2 and B4 would also lead to changes in commercial andretail land use around the existing intersection of Post Road and Airport Road and along existing Airport Road.Alternatives B2 and B4 would contribute to the cumulative social (housing) impacts on the Greenwoodneighborhood south of the Airport due to additional land acquisitions (for both a Future Build VLAP and RPZclearing at the Runway 5 End). Alternative B4 would result in greater impacts on the Greenwood neighborhoodsouth of the Airport compared to Alternative B2 due to mandatory acquisitions for Realigned Main Avenue.Under Alternative B2, the full relocation of Airport Road and the newly created Runway 23 End RPZ wouldhave a disruptive effect on the Spring Green neighborhood and existing roadway circulation (more so thanAlternative B4 which does not include changes to the Runway 23 End RPZ).5.5.4.6 Comparison of Social and Socioeconomic Impacts from the No-Action Alternative andAlternatives B2 and B4This section compares the direct and indirect impacts to social and socioeconomic conditions from theNo-Action Alternative and Alternatives B2 and B4.Significant ImpactsAlternatives B2 and B4 would not result in significant impacts related to social and socioeconomic conditions, asdescribed under Section 5.5.2.1, Finding: No Significant Social and Socioeconomic Impacts.Aviation Activity ImpactsUnder either Alternative B2 or B4, the Airport would continue to serve as a substantial additional economicdriver for the State of Rhode Island and the region by providing additional economic benefits in the form ofnew jobs, increased on- and off-Airport spending and business revenues, and increased state tax revenues. Referto Tables 5-63 and 5-64 for the direct and indirect economic gains in the City of Warwick and total economicgains in Rhode Island, respectively. Over the long term, Alternatives B2 and B4 have similar annual economiceffects, but Alternative B4 initiates those effects 5 years earlier, and does so in each of the five years beforeAlternative B2 produces any effects.354 City of Warwick Comprehensive Plan, City of Warwick Planning Department, 2002.Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-106 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc