Western Alignment
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Eastern Alignment
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- More natural habitat area impact by creating a new street corridor.
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- Less natural habitat area impact because it makes improvements to an existing street corridor.
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- Creates more paved surfaces requiring water quality treatment/facilities because it creates a new street.
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- Creates less paved surfaces requiring water quality facilities because it maintains a single street.
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- Based on preliminary information, appears to significantly impact several wetland areas.
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- Based on preliminary information, appears to have limited impact on one wetland area.
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- Uses recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) to reduce landfill waste.
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- Uses recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) to reduce landfill waste.
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- Impacts fewer trees (loss of 12,000 kg of carbon dioxide storage per year).
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- Impacts more trees (loss of 14,000 kg of carbon dioxide storage per year).
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- Project construction could create an estimated 932,000 kg of carbon dioxide pollution due to additional concrete required for bridge and street construction.
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- Project construction could create an estimated 456,000 kg of carbon dioxide pollution due to street construction.
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