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b. From recent experience the City of Lathrop are considered experts in handling the realignment of frontage roads along 1-5 since they have been involved with Caltrans to improve Louise Ave as well as Lathrop Rd. In this regard they have found that if the realignment of the effected frontage roads is not addressed early it can severally impact the future development along these off ramps. In the same letter from Caltrans Dated Januarry_19t"2010 Tom Dumas of Caltrans states"This Project as designed.has the potential to seriously impact the operation of the ramp area"fie goes on to state "This project may severely limit feasible alternatives to improve operations to accommodate growth." This in essence means that without realignment the feasibility of signalization is not present, an in order to improve the west side of I-5 signalization is very important to the flow of traffic. c. As a Truck Stop Owner for 17 years I am an expert on traffic flow and the level of Truck traffic that will be entering a project of this size. Based on our current sales and traffic flow at Joe's Travel Plaza we receive approximately 400 trucks a day with an additional 450 cars to our location.A truck is 70 feet long and as designed the Stop signs that will be located at all four intersections will only allow for two trucks between them. In addition for a truck to have to stop four times before it even enters the Travel plaza will severely slow down the operation of the off ramp itself. 2- As there are more than significant environmental impacts a full EIR is required on this site.The purpose of a mitigated negative declaration is not to devise a poorly executed mitigation for the impacts but to truly reserve this process for items that can be mitigated without further in depth study. Y a. The project without a full EIR will not provide the county and any other reviewing jurisdiction the factual intellectual information to approve this project.As stated in E letters of concern from the City of Lathrop and Caltrans the minor Initial traffic study is flawed and does not have the detail to provide a long term Mitigation for the off ramp at Roth Rd. b. A full EIR and traffic study need to be prepared in order to mitigate these issues and set the stage for future development on Roth Rd. 3- The tax payers of the county and more so the City of Lathrop will be stuck footing the bill for the i realignment of Manthey Rd at Roth Rd if the county does not address this issue at this time.The project that initiates the improvement of this area should be help responsible for the off ramp and to create a feasible solution to the traffic issues that it is slated to generate. Summary: The warnings and input from Both the City of Lathrop and Caltrans along with myself should be addressed, a full EIR and full traffic study should be prepared. Manthey Rd should be realigned with this project and funds should be set aside for fair share of Traffic signalization at the intersections in question at Roth Rd and 1-5. { { i