Responses to Comments LETTER NO. 21 City of Manhattan Beach Laurie Jester, Senior Planner City Hall 1400 Highland Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-4795 (310) 802-5500 (310) 802-5501 fax
[email protected] Comment 21-1 The City of Manhattan Beach Community Development Department appreciates the opportunity to review and provide comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report and specifically the Traffic Impact Analysis for the project. We have the following specific comments related to traffic: 1. We are concerned with any potential traffic impacts that the project may have on the City of Manhattan Beach, specifically to Highland Avenue. The intersections of Highland and Rosecrans Avenues, and Highland Avenue and Manhattan Beach Boulevard were analyzed by the Traffic Report and the conclusion was that there would not be a significant impact to these intersections. We are concerned that “cut-through” traffic from the project will use Highland Avenue as a route to avoid Sepulveda Boulevard and other congested north-south arterials. Any impacts to Highland Avenue and any other streets and intersections in the City of Manhattan Beach should be mitigated to a level of insignificance. Response 21-1 A detailed analysis of the Proposed Project's traffic impacts has been performed and is presented in Section IV.K.(1) of the Draft EIR. The Traffic Study measured the performance of 218 key intersections within an approximately 100 square mile study area described in Section IV.K.(1) of the Draft EIR, beginning on page 828 and in Technical Appendix K-2. Of the intersections analyzed, six are located in the City of Manhattan Beach.