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

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I DKS Associates 2. Project Description The proposed Bristol Street Specific Plan entails upgrading land uses along a corridor centered around Bristol Street from Memory Lane to Warner Avenue in the City of Santa Ana. The upgrading is predominantly comprised of developing parks along Bristol Street accompanied with some new commercial and mixed -use redevelopment projects. The main concept of the Bristol Street Specific Plan is to strengthen commercial nodes, repackage Specific Plan parcels and to accentuate Bristol Street with trees and various landscaping. The focal point of this study is to topsider this Specific Plan along with the approved Bristol Street widening project to account for the net change in traffic volume generated in comparison to the General Plan. t i i 2.1 BRISTOL STREET WIDENING PROJECT i The proposed Bristol Street widening to a six-lane divided major arterial as submitted in the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been previously approved for implementation. Recommended improvements under the EIS are: 1. Provide a 100 foot wide roadway on a 120 foot wide right -of -way from the Santiago Creek to Warner Avenue. 2. Provide intersection lane configurations as shown on Figure 4 -1. 3. Prohibit U -turns and provide right -turn overlaps with left -turn phasing at the intersection of Bristol Street with Memory Lane and 17th Street. 4. Provide protected left -turn phasing in all directions of the intersection along Bristol Street at Memory Lane, 17th Street, First Street, Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue. Provide protected left -turn phasing on Bristol Street in the north -south direction at the Bishop Street/Willits Street and the McFadden Avenue intersection. 5. Provide protected, left -turn phasing on Bristol Street in the north -south direction at the Santa Clara Avenue, Washington Avenue, Civic Center Drive, 5th Street and Santa Ana Boulevard intersections. ` 6. Widen the bridge over Santiago Creek to a 100 -foot right -of -way with three through lanes in each direction. j 7. Remove yellow school crosswalk markings on the north leg of Bristol Street at St. Andrews Place and direct pedestrians to use the traffic signal at Glenwood Place to cross Bristol Street. Reestablish safest route to school utilizing signalized intersection - i 2B657P90221W Rpt 2 75C -533