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14 As a result of the Project Conditions analysis, the DTPP EIR identified significant and unavoidable traffic impacts at the following intersections: · El Camino Real/Whipple* · El Camino Real/Jefferson · Main/Woodside* · Middlefield/Woodside* · Broadway/Woodside* · Veterans/Whipple* · Veterans/Woodside* · Segments of US 101 between Holly Street and Marsh Road* * denotes intersections outside of the DTPP area · Cumulative Conditions: This is the most conservative analysis, and ultimately the one the Council considered when adopting the DTPP. This scenario projected traffic volumes in 2030, assuming citywide build-out of the 2010 General Plan, plus the previously-proposed Cargill Saltworks project (now withdrawn), the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan, plus the DTPP Maximum Allowable Development (MAD) build-out (for all categories of development). Significant cumulative with project impacts were identified for the following intersections: · El Camino Real/Whipple* · El Camino Real/Jefferson · Main/Woodside* · Middlefield/Jefferson · Middlefield/Main · Middlefield/Woodside* · Broadway/Walnut · Broadway/Chestnut* · Broadway/Woodside* · Bay/Woodside* · Bradford/Main · Veterans/Whipple* · Veterans/Woodside* · Segments of US 101 between Holly Street and Marsh Road* · US 101/Woodside freeway ramp operations* (*denotes intersections outside of the DTPP area) The City Council acknowledged these traffic impacts and, as part of the EIR certification on January 24, 2011, adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations finding that “the environmental, social, economic, and other benefits of the DTPP override the significant adverse impacts of the DTPP.” The Downtown Precise Plan is a relatively small area, such that trips to and from the planned downtown developments are expected to use mostly the same roadways and 8.A. - Page 14