Recreational Trails System

5-8 Chapter 5 • Section 4(f) Evaluation South Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) DEIS and Section 4(f) Evaluation Figure 5-5 Recreational Trails System Bethany Home Road Study Area Black Canyon Existing freeway Maricopa County Regional Trail 17 Freeway 2 LOOP Agua Fria Segment Sixty-eight 101 Freeway Gila River Indian Community Camelback Road boundary 51 Piestewa Freeway Maricopa County line Indian School Road Gran Trails 107th Avenue d Canal Maricopa County Regional Trails System Thomas Road PHOENIX 99th Avenue Hohokam Sun Circle/Maricopa/ 143 Freeway National Trails 75th Avenue 67th Avenue 51st Avenue 51st 43rd Avenue 91st Avenue 91st 83rd Avenue River 59th Avenue Sun Circle Trail Agua Fria Segment One 1 McDowell Road Western Section Papago 10 Freeway W59 Alternative LOOP Pima 101 Freeway TOLLESON GOODYEAR Van Buren Street W71 Alternative W101 Alternative Western Option Maricopa County Regional Trail W101 Alternative Central Option Segment Sixty-nine 3 Buckeye Road LOOP Red Mountain Phoenix Sky Harbor 202 Freeway Roosevelt Canal International Airport W101 Alternative Eastern Option 5 Eastern Section Estrella Lower Buckeye Road Village E1 Alternative Note: Trail widths depicted are not to scale. AVONDALE Salt River Broadway Road TEMPE Approximate scale Southern Avenue 1Superstition 2 3 miles South Mountain Village 60 Freeway Baseline Road Maricopa County Regional Trail 4 Segment Fifty-six Laveen Village Dobbins Road Gila River LOOP Price 101 Freeway Elliot Road Western Section Maricopa Eastern Section 10 Freeway Maricopa County Regional and Sun Circle Trails 5 Segment Eight Phoenix South Warner Road Mountain Park/Preserve Gila River Indian Community Ray Road Maricopa County Regional Trail Segment Seven 6 Ahwatukee Foothills Village Chandler Boulevard LOOP Santan 202 Freeway Pecos Road Any of the action alternatives would cross one or more of the trails afforded protection under Section 4(f). The alternatives would bridge the trails. Circled numbers on the figure correspond (figure continues in tabular format on next page) to the Section 4(f) resources described on the facing page. South Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) DEIS and Section 4(f) Evaluation Chapter 5 • Section 4(f) Evaluation 5-9 Figure 5-5 Recreational Trails System (continued) Impact Measure to Description Avoidance Proximity to Direct Constructive Minimize Conclusion Resource Proposed Action Use Use Harma One of few segments of the Maricopa Trail that does not have a common 1. None of the action alternatives would • Improvements to alignment with the Sun Circle Trail Would be result in direct impact on any of the trail existing freeways Maricopa County plans to move Segment One onto banks of the relocated along segments shown on the corresponding • associated with the Sun Circle Trail Agua Fria River; which side of the river would be determined through banks of the map because the action alternatives 1 Avoided W101 Alternative None Not required Segment One collaboration with the jurisdictions Agua Fria River would avoid impacts to the segments. and Options would Principal purpose is to create a regional planning framework for a 42-mile and cross Where action alternatives would cross • continue to span to trail network Interstate 10 over trail segments (specifically, Segments clear the trail • Under City of Avondale and FCDMCb jurisdiction Seven, Fifty-six, Sixty-eight, and Sixty- nine of the Maricopa County Regional Improvements to Trails System, and Segment One of the existing freeways Maricopa Would cross State Sun Circle Trail) the action alternatives Constructed between 1878 and 1886 by the Grand Canal Company associated with the County Regional • Route 101L at would be constructed as elevated spans 2 Existing trail located along the banks of the Grand Canal Avoided W101 Alternative None Not required Trail Segment • Bethany Home to clear the trail segments. Under City of Phoenix jurisdiction and Options would Sixty-eight • Road continue to span to 2. None of the trail segments within clear the trail ¼ mile of the action alternatives have noise-sensitive activities or viewshed All Western Section Maricopa Would cross characteristics that contribute to their action alternatives 5 County Regional Runs along the Roosevelt Canal all Western importance as Section 4(f) resources. 3 • Avoided would be constructed None Not required Trail Segment Under City of Phoenix jurisdiction Section action These trails are typically used for high- • as an elevated span to Sixty-nine alternatives intensity recreational activities such as clear the trail running, hiking, and biking, not noise- All Western Section or viewshed-sensitive activities. While Maricopa Would cross Planned trail action alternatives access to trails is typically from trailheads County Regional • all Western 4 Would run east west within the Salt River riverbed Avoided would be constructed None Not required with accompanying parking areas, Trail Segment • – Section action Under City of Phoenix jurisdiction as an elevated span to there are generally few restrictions to Fifty-six • alternatives clear the trail gaining access from anywhere along their lengths. Trails will remain open during • Begins at the Phoenix South Mountain Park/Preserve boundary about construction, but some out-of-direction Maricopa halfway between Ray and Pecos roads and includes both the Sun Circle travel (i.e., a detour) may be necessary County Regional and Maricopa trails Adjacent to in some cases. Therefore, access to d 5 and Sun Circle • Located on the SRP canal banks, but will be moved to the SRP Avoided all action None None Not required the resources would not be restricted Trails transmission line easement along the northern boundary between the Gila alternatives and utility of the trails not altered as a Segment Eight River Indian Community and the city of Phoenix (Maricopa County 2004c) result of the construction, operation, • Under SRP jurisdiction and maintenance of any of the action alternatives. 3. No direct or constructive use of known • Common to the Sun Circle, Maricopa, and National trails within Phoenix Not required; recreational trails afforded protection South Mountain Park/Preserve however, Maricopa E1 Alternative would under Section 4(f) would occur. However, Maricopa County and the City of Phoenix creating an intergovernmental Would cross and coordinate County Regional • be constructed as an if an action alternative were identified, 6 agreement to extend the National Trail to Segment Eight Avoided run adjacent to None design of Trail elevated span to clear trails near potential freeway construction Extension of Segment Seven would serve to establish Sun Circle Trail as a E1 Alternative trails with Segment Seven • the trail would be closed for limited periods of continuous loop around the region Maricopa time for safety reasons. Such closures • Under City of Phoenix jurisdiction County would constitute a temporary occupancy of land so minimal as to not constitute a Section 4(f) use. a Other mitigation proposed for non-Section 4(f) resources would contribute to reductions in proximity impacts (see text box regarding other measures contributing to reductions in proximity impacts on page 5-24) b Flood Control District of Maricopa County c Arizona Department of Transportation d Salt River Project.

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