Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESAs described in WAC 365-196-430, a transportation chapter must specifically present the following information:• Land use assumptions used in estimating travel• Estimated traffic impacts to state-owned transportation facilities resulting from land use assumptions• Inventory of air, water, and ground transportation facilities and services, including transit alignments andgeneral aviation airports facilities• LOS standards for all locally owned arterials and transit routes, and actions necessary to allow transportationfacilities and services to meet the standards• For state-owned transportation facilities, LOS standards for highways to gauge the performance of the system• Specific actions and requirements for bringing into compliance locally owned transportation facilities that arebelow an established LOS standard• Forecasts of traffic for at least ten years based on the adopted land use plan• Identification of state and local transportation system needs to meet current and future travel demand• An analysis of funding capability to judge needs against probable funding resources• A multi-year financing plan based on the needs identified in the comprehensive plan• If probable funding falls short of meeting identified needs, a discussion of how additional funding will beraised, or how land use assumptions will be reassessed to ensure that LOS standards will be met• Intergovernmental coordination and impact assessment• Strategies for reducing travel demand• Pedestrian and bicycle component• Consistency between the transportation element, six-year plan for cities, counties, public transportationsystems, and the ten-year plan for the stateBoth the County and City of Bremerton have adopted transportation elements and capital facility plans that mayrequire amendment or adjustment to incorporate the results of the Gorst Subarea Planning process.Transportation Facilities and Services of Statewide SignificanceTransportation related issues of growth management planning in Washington are further addressed through RCW47.06.140. The Washington State Legislature declares a number of transportation facilities and services to be ofstatewide significance, including Highways of statewide significance (in Gorst, this includes SR 3 and SR 16) asdesignated by the legislature under Chapter 47.05 RCW, the interstate highway system, interregional stateprincipal arterials including and ferry connections that serve statewide travel. This legislation further declares thatthe state shall plan for improvements to transportation facilities and services of statewide significance in thestatewide multimodal transportation plan in cooperation with regional transportation planning organizations,counties, cities, transit agencies, public ports, private railroad operators, and private transportation providers, asappropriate.Furthermore, the department of transportation, in consultation with local governments, shall set LOS standards forstate highways and state ferry routes of statewide significance. Although local governments will be consultedwhen setting LOS standards, the department retains authority to make final decisions regarding LOS standards forstate highways and state ferry routes of statewide significance. In establishing these levels of service standards,the department will consider the necessary balance between providing for the free inter-jurisdictional movementof people and goods and the needs of local communities using the facilities.Draft | June 2013 3-149