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LUCERNE VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (LVEDA)
To: Ronald J. Kosinski, Dep. Dist. Dir.
Division of Env. Planning (07-HDC – New SR 138 – Project #80)
Caltrans, District 7
100 S. Main St., MS-16A
Los Angeles, CA 90012
From: Chuck Bell, Pres. chuckb@sisp.net 760 964 3118
P. O. Box 193
Lucerne Valley, CA 92356
Date: 10/25/10
RE: SCOPING – HIGH DESERT CORRIDOR (NEW SR-138)
Impact of “High Desert Corridor Project” on Lucerne/Johnson/Morongo Valleys.
The Corridor’s eastern terminus ends at Joshua Rd. in Apple Valley. Its 4 to 6
lanes - dumping traffic on 2 lane Hwy 18 (with a significant ADT increase in
both
directions due to the Corridor’s link between I-14 and the I-10) - will create
congestion and safety hazards on Hwys 18, 247 and 62. This is a “trade
corridor” that has to be addressed in its entirety. LVEDA’S position: The best
long-term solution would be to incorporate improvements to these eastern
segments in the planning and funding for the High Desert Corridor project.
Without said planning and a financing link to the project, the Corridor EIR’s
“off-
site” analysis for these eastern segments will have to show “a significant,
adverse environmental impact” that will be difficult or impossible to ignore
with
“findings of overriding consideration”. The EIR will likely be challenged.
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