2015-004 - Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project

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Santa Ana — Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project Findings and Facts in Support of Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations • Roadway improvements including the Bristol Street Widening project, which will widen Bristol Street from four to six lanes between Warner Avenue and Memory Lane, and the Grand Avenue Widening project, which will widen Grand Avenue from four to six lanes between 1 st Street and 17th Street. Findings for No Build Alternative The City of Santa Ana finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the No Build Alternative identified in the EA/DEIR and REA/FEIR (CEQA Guidelines 15091(a)(3)). Although the No Build Alternative would not result in environmental impacts, it would not provide the desired levels of mobility and accessibility within the City of Santa Ana. In addition, the No Build Alternative would not foster economic development opportunities, promote sustainable transportation investments to respond to the needs of the community, or deliver travel, benefits, reliability, and choice to the public transportation system. Therefore, the No Build Alternative would not be consistent with the goals and objectives of the proposed project. TSM Alternative The TSM Alternative enhances the mobility of existing transportation facilities and transit network without construction of major new transportation facilities or significant, costly physical capacity improvements. The TSM Alternative emphasizes low cost (i.e., small physical) improvements and operational efficiencies, such as focused traffic engineering actions, expanded bus service, and improved access to transit services. Included within the TSM Alternative are modifications and enhancements to selected bus routes in the Study Area including: • Skip -stop overlay service on 1st Street (Route 64) which includes access to SARTC; • A new route between SARTC and Harbor Boulevard/Westminster Avenue via Civic Center Drive, Bristol Street and 17th StreetNVestminster Avenue, providing 10- minute peak and 20- minute off -peak service; • Expanded service span for StationLink service (Route 462) between SARTC and the Civic Center, providing 15- minute service during both peak and off -peak hours; • In addition, the following system operational improvements are included in the TSM Alternative: • Traffic signal timing improvements at select congested locations along Santa Ana Boulevard and Civic Center Drive to provide for enhanced east -west bus flow, potential including but not limited to: • Main Street at Civic Center Drive • Broadway at Civic Center Drive • Flower Street at Civic Center Drive • Fairview Street at Civic Center Drive • Santa Ana Boulevard at Santiago Street 31 January 2015