2015-016 - The Bristol Street Widening Project

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTADDENDUM Bristol Street Widening Project Warner Ave to Saint Andrew Place (Phase IV) 1.3 Project Background 1.3.1 Approved 1990 Final EIRIEIS The City of Santa Ana General Plan has designated Bristol Street as a Major Arterial Highway traveling in a north -south direction. As a result of significant growth and traffic congestion on Bristol Avenue, the City, in the late 1980s, proposed to widen Bristol Street from a four -lane roadway to a six -lane arterial in accordance with adopted County of Orange and City of Santa Ana standards for a Major Arterial Highway. A joint EIS /EIR was prepared and approved by the City of Santa Ana and Caltrans for the widening of Bristol Street in 1990. The 1990 project entailed a 3.9 -mile segment of Bristol Street from Warner Avenue on the south to Memory Lane on the north. Due to significant costs associated with construction and availability of funding, the project was divided into several construction phases; Phase 1 from Warner Avenue north to First Street, Phase 2 consisting of the widening and reconstruction of the bridge which crosses Santiago Creels (northerly limits of the street widening project), and Phase 3 between First Street and Memory Lane. The 1990 Final EIS /EIR document (SCH No. 87071509) was approved on November 19, 1990. The 1990 Final EIS /EIR and associated technical studies, incorporated herein by reference, documented the environmental impacts of widening Bristol Street from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane in the City of Santa Ana. As stated in the 1990 Final EIS/EIR, the purpose and goals of the Bristol Street Widening project were to: 1) Provide sufficient roadway capacity to accommodate current and future traffic demand. 2) Improve the performance and safety of the roadway for the benefit of the motoring public. 3) To reduce current and projected future delays experienced at major intersections and to design intersections to function at acceptable Levels of Service (LOS). 4) To design the roadway in manner conducive to the provision of public transportation, namely bus service provided by the Orange County Transit District (OCTD). 1.3.2 Adopted Transportation Improvement Program The Approved Project is included as project number ORA125 in the regional emissions analysis conducted by Southern California Association of Governments (SLAG) for the conforming 2013 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) adopted by SCAG on September 19, 2012 and approved by FHWA on December 14, 2012. As provided in the FTIP, the Approved Project description reads as follows: BRISTOL ST (WARNER TO MEMORY LANE) WIDEN FROM 4 TO 6 LANES (IMPV AT BRISTOL /WARNER (ADD ATIEBISB THRULNS; WB RT TRNLN) AND BRISTOL /FIRST (ADD NBISB THR U INS, SBLFTIRTITRNINS The Phase IV project is a component of the Approved Project. The Phase IV Project's design concept and scope have not changed significantly from what was analyzed in the RTIP and FTIP. This analysis found that the plan and, therefore, the individual projects contained in the plan, are conforming projects, and would have air quality impacts consistent with those identified in the state implementation plans (SIPS) for achieving the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). FHWA determined the RTIP to conform to the SIP. The Phase IV Project's open to the public year is consistent with (within the same regional emission analysis period as) the construction completion date identified in the FTIP and /or RTP. The FTIP gives priority to eligible Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) identified in the SIP and provides sufficient funds to provide for their implementation. FHWA determined the TIP to conform to the SIP on December 2010. ANA 305 -194 (PER 02) CSA (AUGUST 2014) 133867 YU 10