75C - PH - BRISTOL EIR FROM WARNER TO ST. ANDREW

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Comments hy7 Deanna M, Wieman. Director. Office of External Affairs, United States Environmental Protection Agengy. Region IX San Francisco 1. 'The list of alternatives fails to consider options that do not include widening the roadway, such as signal synchronization and other transportation systems management techniques." 1.1 Page 11 -14 of the DEIS discusses the Transportation System Management (TSM) alternative, which would involve modifications to the existing roadway that would increase its traffic carrying efficiency without acquiring additional right -of -way. Examples of TSM measures include traffic signal synchronization, provision of additional bus stops, and restriping to add lanes. Traffic signals throughout the subject segment of Bristol Street are already synchronized. Insufficient roadway width exists to enable restriping to add additional through lanes or additional turn lanes at the intersections. The addition of bus stops was not suggested by the Orange County Transit District, and without acquiring right -of -way to establish a bus turnout, additional bus stops would only add to congestion at the approaches to the bus stop. TSM measures, alone, were deemed insufficient to achieve the City's goals for upgrading Bristol Street to a six -lane, divided roadway, consistent with the Orange County Master Plan of highways and the City of Santa Ana Circulation Element. Page H -15 of the DEIS also discusses the alternative of establishing a one -way couplet with Flower Street, a parallel roadway located approximately 1/2 mile east of Bristol Street. This alternative was rejected because of several significant constraints related to right -of -way impacts, redirection of travel patterns through residential neighborhoods, and disruption to efficient northwest travel between State Route 22 and the I -405 Freeway. 2. 'Tbe DEIS includes a discussion of the 1982 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), but does not discuss the 1988 AQMP. While the more recent plan has not been approved by the EPA for inclusion in the State Implementation Plan, it has been adopted by the Southern California Association of Governments, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, V -15 75C -242