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?Esavi�nment�l Analysis Seaport Bouleva.td seg�nents of the Bay Trail ate complete (ABAG Gap_1rialpsis,2005). ABAG expects to complete the segrnents from Whipple Avenue to the pump stauon on Bair Island Road this year {Citq of Redwood City) and plans to extend the trail east to Blomq�st Street in the near future. The proposed project would connect these Bapfront trails to an e�s�g Class II bike lane that runs along Main Street. XV. RECREATION -- Potentially Less Than Less Than No Significant Significant Significant Tmpact Impact with Impact Mitigation Incorporauoil a}Would the project increase the use of ❑ ❑ � ❑ existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recrearional faciliries such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur ox be accele�ated? b) Does the project include recreational ❑ ❑ � ❑ faciliries or xequire the construction or expansion of recreational facili�ies whic� might have an advexse physica�effect on the environment? a) T�ould rhe project irlctease the use of existirrg�reighborhood aud reglonal parks ot ather recreational facilttres such that substatttial physical deterioratiori af the facilrty would occur ot be accelerated.� The project is expected to increase the use of tl�e e�cisting and planned bike paths and trails in the Bayfxont area and the other recteational facilities at Bair Island and Seaport Boulevaxd. Increased access to these new Eacilities is consistent with local and regional recreational planning and would not result in substantial deteriorauon. The project would not cause a significant increase in the use of e�risting neighborhood/regional parks ar community facilities within the de`eloped portions of the City south of US 101. {Less than Significant Impact) b)Does the project irrclude recreatio�al facilities or reguire the constructiarl or expansron of recreationalfacilr'ties which mtghthave arr adverse physical effect arl the environmet2t? The proposed joint-use path is a recreational facility,but it wauld not have an adverse effect on the environment As indicated in other secrions of this docutnent, tl�e path would be located along an existing distur6ed trail and would include measures to protect the sensirive environmental resources in the axea,including Best Management Practices for protecrion of Redwood Creek and avoidance and mini�nizarion measures for the special status species that map occur in the adjacent natural areas. 2-59 US 9Q1 Pe�le.rtriran Undercrossing and Bazr Lrland Aoad Sto�-rn Draisr Pur�rp Sta�ion Pr�ject