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The widening of Woodside Raad, inclusive of this intersect�on, is included in the City's Traffic Ir�pact F'ee Program (TIF) project list. However, there is no current design option that is aco�ptable to both Caltrans and the City af Redwood City; therefore, this improvement may be infeasible. Finding: If a design for widening Waodside Road can be developed which is acceptable to both Caltrans and the City of Redwood City, payment of the T�affic Impact �ee by the applicant would mi#igate the propased project's contribution to the significant cumulative impact to a less-than-signi�cant level. If it is determined that the Woodside Road impra�ements remain infeasible f�eca�se the impro�ements are not cansistent with the New Redwaod City General Plan andlor Caltrans policy, the cumulative impact wauld remain signifrcant and unavo�dable, as would the praposed project's contribution to that cumulative impact. Facts fn 5upport af Finding: implementation of Mitigation 7-1�4 would reduce the project's contribution to the cumuEati�e traffic impact at the Woodside RoadlMiddlefield Road intersection to a iess-than-significant levef through the project's payment of its City 7raffic Impact Fee to add a southbound (Woodside Road} through lane, as well as possible crosswalks and pedestrian signals per the City's General Plan, and other multimodal improvem�nts per Caltrans dfrectives. Hawever, the City and Caltrans have nof agreed on a design option for widening Woodside Road, so the impact is currently considered significant and una�oidable. These facts are described in Draft EIR chapter 7 (Transportativn, Circuiation, and Parking) on pages 7-1 through 7-70, Draft EfR appendix 24.3 (5upplemental Transpo�tation Informatior�), and Final EER appendix A (Supplemental Traffic Information), which are hereby incorporated by reference. Impact: Impact 7-16: Cumulative With Project Impact on Douglas A�enuelBay Road Intersection. Under Cumulati�e With Projec� conditians during the PM peak �our, the intersection wauld degrade from L�S C to LOS F, and the proposed project could contribute up to 78.2 secands of critical delay to the intersection. Mitigatian: Mitigation 7-15. To mitigate the significant cumulative impact at the intersection of Douglas A�enue and Bay Road, the intersectian would need to be signalized with pratected phasing on the eastbound and westbound approaches on Bay Road. !n addi#ian to signalization, both the eastbound and westbound approaches would need to be restriped to include a total of one left-turn lane and one shared throughlright-turn lan� an both the eastbound and westbound approaches. With #hese impravemerits, the le�el of service {LOS} at this intersection would improve to accep#able LOS C during the PM peak hour. ATfY/RE50.2898/PC RE50 RECOMMENDfNG STANFQRD EIR CERTIFICATION REV:OS-15-13 VR Page 3$of Sfi