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081 alternate routes and schedules, as needed to provide satisfactory and timely service during the periods when Bristol Street traffic flow is restricted by construction activities. II. STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS The FEIS/FEIR concludes that the proposed project would result in certain significant and adverse environmental effects, which are unavoidable, even after incorporation of all feasible mitigation measures. Specifically, the proposed project would result in significant (short-term) adverse effects upon households and businesses that are displaced to accommodate the required right-of-way for the widened street and parkways. For such significant effects, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana has balanced the benefits of the proposed project against these unavoidable environmental impacts, in determining whether or not to approve the project. In this regard, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana finds that these unavoidable significant effects upon local households and businesses are acceptable within the meaning of Sections 15092 and 15093 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, for the following reasons. The completion of the proposed roadway and intersection improvements would significantly improve the traffic carrying capacity, safety, and efficiency, pedestrian circulation, and visual quality of the affected Bristol Street corridor. These improvements will reduce the current and projected levels of traffic congestion along this street, to acceptable levels. The reduction in traffic congestion will reduce vehicle emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, a positive effect on local air quality. The roadway capacity enhancement, along with the intersection improvements, bus turnouts, drainage improvements, traffic signal synchronization, prohibition of on-street parking and cul-de-sac of several intersecting local streets will significantly improve the flow of traffic, reducing delays and the related negative effects on personal productivity currently experienced by the impacted motorists. The removal of numerous aged, deteriorated and unsightly buildings and structures currently found along the roadway, will facilitate the planned redevelopment of this Bristol Street corridor in a comprehensive, integrated and productive manner, helping to stabilize and strengthen the economic base in this part of Santa Aha. All of these effects will positively benefit the entire community and outweigh the significant short-term effects on displaced households and businesses.