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Final Environmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation
Final Environmental Impact Statement
and
Final Section 4(f) Evaluation
November 2004
VOLUME 1
CH2M HILL
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Department of Transportation
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
U.S. Department of Transportation
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154090.G1.07.A1 SEA31009908203.DOC/043020003
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1 (800) 833-6384, and ask to be connected to (360) 705-7097. Contents
Edmonds Crossing Final EIS
Contents
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Volume 1
Acronyms ..................................................................................................................................................xix
SEPA Fact Sheet.................................................................................................................................... xxiii
Project Title................................................................................................................................ xxiii
Project Description......................................................................................................................xxiv
Project Proponent and Lead Agency...........................................................................................xxiv
Proposed Implementation Date ...................................................................................................xxiv
Responsible Official and Contact Person....................................................................................xxiv
Permits, Licenses, and Other Required Actions or Approvals....................................................xxiv
Authors and Principal Contributors .............................................................................................xxv
Date of Issue of Final Environmental Impact Statement .............................................................xxv
Date of Final Action.....................................................................................................................xxv
Location of Background Data ......................................................................................................xxv
Cost of Document and Availability for Review and/or Purchase ...............................................xxvi
Summary .................................................................................................................................................. S-1
S.1 Description of the Proposed Action....................................................................................... S-1
S.2 Related Actions...................................................................................................................... S-1
S.3 Alternatives Analyzed in the Environmental Impact Statement ............................................ S-4
S.3.1 Alternative 1: No Action............................................................................................. S-4
S.3.2 Modified Alternative 2: Point Edwards Site............................................................... S-4
S.3.3 Alternative 3: Mid-Waterfront Site ............................................................................ S-9
S.3.4 Project Phasing ........................................................................................................... S-9
S.4 Events Since Publication of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement ............................ S-13
S.4.1 Modified Alternative 2 (Preferred Alternative) Point Edwards Site ........................ S-16
S.4.2 Modified Alternative 2 (Preferred Alternative) Phasing Scenario ........................... S-19
S.4.3 Alternative 3: Mid-Waterfront Site .......................................................................... S-19
S.5 Summary of Major Environmental Impacts......................................................................... S-20
S.6 Preferred Alternative............................................................................................................ S-20
S.7 Benefits of the Preferred Alternative ................................................................................... S-23
S.8 Permits, Licenses, and Other Required Actions or Approvals ............................................ S-24
Chapter 1 Purpose of and Need for the Action .................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 Purpose of the Action............................................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Project History ....................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Need for the Action................................................................................................................ 1-3
1.3.1 System Linkage ........................................................................................................... 1-3
1.3.2 Capacity ...................................................................................................................... 1-5
1.3.3 Transportation Demand............................................................................................... 1-5
1.3.4 Modal Interrelationships ............................................................................................. 1-7
1.3.5 Social and Economic Factors...................................................................................... 1-8
1.3.6 Safety .......................................................................................................................... 1-8
1.3.7 Congestion .................................................................................................................. 1-8 Contents, Continued
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Contents
Edmonds Crossing Final EIS
Chapter 2 Alternatives............................................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1 Project Termini....................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Alternatives Considered ......................................................................................................... 2-1
2.3 Alternative Selection Process................................................................................................. 2-1
2.4 Alternatives Considered But Rejected ................................................................................... 2-3
2.5 Description of Alternatives Analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement........... 2-8
2.5.1 Alternative 1: No Action............................................................................................. 2-8
2.5.2 Modified Alternative 2 (Preferred Alternative): Point Edwards Site ......................... 2-8
2.5.3 Alternative 3: Mid-Waterfront Site........................................................................... 2-15
2.5.4 Alternative Design Concepts Rejected ..................................................................... 2-19
2.6 Preferred Alternative............................................................................................................ 2-20
2.7 Project Phasing..................................................................................................................... 2-21
2.7.1 Phase 1 of Modified Alternative 2 (Preferred Alternative): Point Edwards Site ..... 2-23
2.7.2 Phase 1 of Alternative 3: Mid-Waterfront Site ......................................................... 2-24
2.8 Transportation Analysis of Alternatives .............................................................................. 2-29
2.8.1 Off-Site Traffic Conditions....................................................................................... 2-29
2.8.2 On-Site Transportation Function