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2.6 Traffic and Circulation <br />i1 Impacts <br />The project will have significant traffic impacts on the <br />arterial highway and freeway system surrounding the site. Increased <br />L. <br />traffic will create the need for a substantial investment in improve- <br />ments to the existing highway and transit system and creation of a <br />C <br />TSM/Parking Management Program capable of achieving a 20 percent shift <br />to a ride sharing/transit mode. Even with full implementation of all <br />recommended transportation improvements, the project will cause a <br />significant change in existing travel patterns. Although the project <br />has a significant impact of the streets immediately surrounding the <br />tI <br />site, an even greater impact occurs on the freeways. Approximately 70 <br />percent of the project is directly oriented to the freeways. If the <br />freeway capacity is not increased, this traffic will be diverted td. <br />local arterials causing major congestion on Main Street. <br />I: <br />Mitigation Measures <br />(_ <br />1. Pay a one percent assessment fee to the areawide TSIP <br />j <br />Program for implementation of improvements. <br />1 <br />2. Provide funding for construction of two new freeway ramps <br />on the west side of Fashion Square. <br />R <br />i <br />L <br />3. Widen Main Street in front of Fashion Square to provide <br />i <br />t <br />1 <br />four sou.thbound lanes and a 26 foot wide median. <br />4. Construct a public road around Fashion Square. <br />J <br />5. Widen the Main Street entrance to Fashion Square and <br />provide funding to construct a left turn lane on Town and <br />Country Road and modify the signal phasing. <br />d <br />75D.6149 <br />