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County Road 43/Banwell Road <br />From CPR Tracks (City Limits) to South of County Road 42 <br />Class Envirorrmer:tal AssessrnentStudy <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Executive Summary <br />1.0 Introduction and Background ....................................................................................................1 <br />1.1 Purpose of the Study .................................................................................................................1 <br />1.2 Description of the study area ...................................................................................................1 <br />1.3 Related Studies ...........................................................................................................................1 <br />2.0 Planning Process and Consultation ..........................................................................................4 <br />2.1 Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Process ..........................................................4 <br />2.2 Project Team Organization .......................................................................................................7 <br />2.2.1 Project Team Organization ................................................................................................. 7 <br />2.2.2 External Agency Consultation ...........................................................................................8 <br />2.2.3 Public Consultation .............................................................................................................9 <br />3.0 Problem Statement .....................................................................................................................13 <br />3.1 Existing Traffic Operations .....................................................................................................13 <br />3.1.1 Traffic Safety ......................................................................................................................13 <br />3.1.2 Existing Traffic Volumes ..................................................................................................14 <br />3.2 Future Traffic Demands ..........................................................................................................15 <br />3.3 Other issues ...............................................................................................................................18 <br />3.4 Problem Statement ...................................................................................................................18 <br />4.0 Existing Conditions ...................................................................................................................20 <br />4.1 Road Network .......................................................................................................................... 20 <br />4.2 Road Geometry ........................................................................................................................ 20 <br /> 4.2.1 Horizontal and Vertical Alignment ................................................................................ 20 <br /> 4.2.2 Cross Section and Pavement Structure ........................................................................... 21 <br /> 4.2.3 Right of Way ....................................................................................................................... 21 <br /> 4.2.4 Traffic Signals and Illumination ...................................................................................... 21 <br /> 4.2.5 Drainage .............................................................................................................................. 21 <br /> 4.2.6 Utilities and Infrastructure ............................................................................................... 22 <br />4.3 Natural Environment .............................................................................................................. 23 <br /> 4.3.1 Terrestrial Habitat ............................................................................................................. 23 <br /> 4.3.2 Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat ......................................................................................... 24 <br /> 4.3.3 Wildlife Habitat ................................................................................................................. 25 <br />4.4 Socio-Economic Environment ................................................................................................ 25 <br /> 4.4.1 Land Use Planning Context ............................................................................................. 26 <br /> 4.4.2 Agriculture Land Use ....................................................................................................... 28 <br /> 4.4.3 Noise .................................................................................................................................... 30 <br />4.5 Cultural Environment ............................................................................................................. 32 <br /> 4.5.1 Archaeological Resources ................................................................................................. 32 <br /> 4.5.2 Built Heritage and Cultural Landscape .......................................................................... 32 <br />5.0 Alternative Solutions and Evaluation .................................................................................... 35 <br />5.1 Overview of Alternative Solutions ........................................................................................ 35 <br />IBI Giffels Associates Limited / IBI Group <br />(:NOiIT <br />