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I-710 CORRIDOR PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA District 07-LA-710-PM 4.9/24.9 EA 249900 Draft Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY June 2012 Prepared by: State of California Department of Transportation & Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 5 movement lanes. purpose lanes nexttofourseparated freight- Strategy consistingoftengeneral Locally Preferred 2005andidentifiedacommunity-based in March for transportation was completed improvements, possiblesolutions and safetyneedsto explore mobility undertaken theI-710Corridor’s toaddress 2005), I-710 MajorCorridorStudy(MCS;March wasbuiltinthe1950sand1960s).The freeway inneedofmodernization features (theoriginal volumes, highaccidentrates,andmanydesign particulate emissions,traffic congestion,hightruck tohighlevelsofdiesel of healthrisksrelated The existingI-710Corridorhaselevatedlevels and Vernon. inthecitiesofCommerce railyards (UP) Railroad Burlington Northern SantaFe(BNSF)/UnionPacific located atthesouthern terminus ofI-710andthe for goodsmovementbetweenPOLAandPOLB, serves astheprincipaltransportation connection theI-710 (StudyArea), StudyArea Corridor Project Beach tocentralLosAngeles.WithintheI-710 connectingthecityofLong interstate freeway I-710isamajornorth-southI-710 CorridorProject. toasthe isreferred project (SR-60). 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The highest levels of estimated cancer risk artery, linking the communities along it and (approximately 1,200 to 2,000 in a million) in 2005 the POLA and POLB to southern California (the study analysis year), occur in the Study Area, and beyond. An essential component of the particularly near the Ports, rail yards, and along the regional, statewide, and national transportation I-710 freeway. system, it serves both passenger and goods movement vehicles. As a result of population growth, employment growth, increased demand for goods movement, increasing traffic volumes, and aging infrastructure, the I-710 Corridor experiences serious congestion and safety issues. I-710 Corridor South Coast Air Quality Management District data shows high lev- els of air toxins along I-710 that can be harmful to human health. These studies show that diesel particulate The I-710 is a major goods carrying corridor. matter (DPM) is the greatest contributor to air- quality-related cancer risk in the Basin and that approximately half of the DPM is emitted by diesel S.2.1.1 AIR QUALITY trucks using the freeway and roadway systems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated the South Coast Air Basin (Basin), S.2.1.2 CAPACITY, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND, which includes the Study Area, as an extreme AND SAFETY ozone non-attainment area and a non-attainment CAPACITY. Many segments of the I-710 mainline area for small airborne particulate matter less than currently operate at level of service (LOS) E or 10 and 2.5 microns (PM and PM ). Exposure to 10 2.5 F throughout the day, creating chokepoints and ozone, PM , and PM levels above the Federal 10 2.5 causing congestion on other segments of the health standards is associated with many adverse mainline, as well as on parallel arterial highways. health effects—including decreased lung function, A unique factor affecting the capacity of the I-710 aggravated asthma, increased lung and heart Corridor is the large numbers of heavy-duty trucks disease symptoms, and chronic bronchitis. Studies that use the I-710 Corridor to travel between POLB, such as the South Coast Air Quality Management POLA, and the rail freight intermodal yards located District (SCAQMD) Multiple Air Toxic Exposure near I-5, and to warehousing and distribution 2 I-710 Corridor Project EIR/EIS points scattered throughout the southern California urban area. TRANSPORTATION DEMAND. Combined port activity in the Study Area is expected to increase from the handling of 14 million annual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2008 to approximately 43 million annual TEUs in 2035. After considering different port cargo growth scenarios, the projected 43 million annual TEUs was the port cargo growth scenario adopted by the I-710 Corridor Project Committee in April 2009 to provide a conservative basis for the I-710 Corridor Project travel demand forecasting. This forecast is consistent with SCAG’s SCAG’s regional forecast data shows continued population and em- recently adopted 2012 Regional Transportation ployment growth within Southern California over the next 25 Years. Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS). The I-710 Corridor is, and is expected to remain, SAFETY. I-710 experiences elevated accident a primary route for trucks carrying containers to rates, exceeding the State average for similar and from the ports. This indicates that the existing facilities in many locations. transportation problems on the I-710 mainline and other Study Area roadways will get worse, which in turn, have the potential to adversely affect the competitive position of the Los Angeles region in the global economy.
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