Cattle Point Road Alternatives


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	Relocation Project
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		Expanded Scoping for Cattle Point Road Relocation Project

		The county road that traverses the American Camp unit of San Juan Island National Historical Park is in danger of failing due to the naturally-eroding coastline. This road provides access to the Park and other public lands and is the only access for the 250-plus residents who live in Cape San Juan and Cattle Point Estates. On February 18, 2004, the National Park Service (NPS), San Juan County, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) hosted meetings at the Mullis Community Senior Center in Friday Harbor, Washington to update the public on the status of the proposed Cattle Point Road relocation project and to get further input from citizens about the project. Forty-five people attended the afternoon meeting and about 15 attended the evening meeting. An earlier scoping effort for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the project was completed in early in 2002. However, the NPS and San Juan County have since agreed that the project needed to be re-examined to more fully consider protection of park resources and to look at other potential funding sources. Funding was earmarked by Congress in 2003 to complete the EIS using modified alternatives. The NPS and FHWA are now co-lead agencies for the project. The Western Federal Lands Division of FHWA will oversee expanded scoping for the EIS, and provide engineering services to examine possible modified design alternatives. The NPS, San Juan County, and the State Department of Natural Resources (which holds land adjacent to the park that may be affected by the project) are all cooperating agencies on the proposed project. Agency representatives at the meetings gave short presentations about the expanded scoping process, the purpose and needs statement upon which the project is based, and the draft schedule. They offered conceptual drawings of five potential road corridors and descriptions of several possible engineering solutions. (Those drawings and descriptions as well as the purpose and needs statement are available on this web page.) The public was invited to submit scoping comments at the meeting or by letter until March 19, 2004. There will be additional opportunities to comment in later stages of the EIS process.

		Cattle Point Road Corridor Alternatives

		Corridor #1 Existing Alignment Corridor #2 Minor Realignment Corridor #3Mid-slope Realignment Corridor #4 Ridgeline Realignment Corridor #5 North-side Alignment

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		Corridor #1 Existing Alignment Alternative 1NB (No Build) • Does not meet project purpose and need because it does not address the problem. Alternative 1SS (Slope Stabilization) • Stabilization at the toe of the bluff where the wave action is eroding, is contrary to the National Park Service mandate not to change a natural process. Alternative 1BR (Bridge) • Visual impacts from the Puget Sound • Marine habitat • Cost • Non-motorized to utilize existing ridgeline trail and/or attach to road shoulders • May provide a long term solution Corridor #2 Minor Realignment Alternative 2RA (Realignment) • Minor realignment • Grassland habitat • Visual impacts from the Puget Sound (Large cuts or Walls) • Non-motorized to utilize existing ridgeline trail and/or attach to road shoulders • May not provide a long term solution Alternative 2TU(Tunnel on minor realignment using cut and cover construction) • Grassland habitat • Visual impacts from the Puget Sound • Impacts to the view from the roadway • Cost • Non-motorized to utilize existing ridgeline trail and/or attach to road shoulders Corridor #3Mid-slope Realignment Alternative 3RA(Mid-slope alignment) • Grassland habitat • Exposed cuts • Visual impacts from the Puget Sound • Non-motorized to utilize existing ridgeline trail and/or attach to road shoulders Corridor #4 Ridgeline Realignment Alternative 4RA(Ridgeline alignment) • Grassland and grassland / forest transitional habitat • Trail impacts • Non-motorized ridgeline trail would need relocation or attach to roadway shoulders Corridor #5 North-side Alignment Alternative 5RA(North-side alignment) • Forest habitat • Impacts to the view from the roadway • Trail impacts • Non-motorized to utilize existing ridgeline trail and/or attach to road shoulders