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For the reasons stated above, the Board of Supervisors finds Alternative 4 to be infeasible and rejects it as a viable alternative to the Project. The Project in its current form, moreover,reflects the landowner's considered judgment regarding how to develop its property in light of the realities of the marketplace. The Board believes it is appropriate to give some weight to this judgment (See Laurel Hills, supra, 83 Cal.App.3d at p. 521 (a "public agency may approve a developer's choice of a project once its significant adverse effects have been reduced to an acceptable level — that is, all avoidable damage has been eliminated and that which remains is otherwise acceptable"j.) It is by no means clear, however, that the Board even needs to reach the issue of infeasibility given the potential for full site build-out under Alternative 4 to result in greater traffic levels, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions than would occur under the Project. Despite this uncertainty, though, the Board has rejected Alternative 44 as infeasible in order to fully disclose to the public the bases for its thinking in approving the Project DL STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS As set forth in the preceding sections, the County's approval of the Love's Travel Stops Project will result in significant adverse environmental effects that cannot be avoided even with the adoption of all feasible mitigation measures; and there are no feasible Project alternatives that would mitigate or substantially lessen the impacts. Despite the occurrence of these effects, however, the Board of Supervisors, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, chooses to approve the Project because, in its view, the economic, social, and other benefits that the Project will produce will render the significant effects acceptable. A. SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS The Love's Travel Stops Project will result in the following significant and unavoidable impacts: Impact 5.2 Freeway ramp junction operations,EPAP Plus Project conditions. Under existing conditions, the I-5 SB Merge from SR 12 and I-5 SB Diverge from SR 12 ramp junctions would operate at an unacceptable LOS D during a.m. peak hours, while the 1-5 NB Diverge from SR 12 ramp junction would operate at an unacceptable LOS D during p.m. peak hours. Project traffic would increase the density at these ramp junctions that already experience unacceptable LOS,which is considered a significant impact. Although widening the subject ramps to include an additional lane would alleviate the substandard operating conditions, both without and with the Project, it is uncertain that these types of interchange modifications would be implemented, since no transportation plan currently includes such improvements. Therefore, the County considers such mitigation to be infeasible, and this impact is considered significant and unavoidable. Impact 6.3 Freeway ramp junction operations, Cumulative Plus Project conditions. Under Cumulative (2025) No Project Conditions, the 1-5 SB Merge from SR 12 and I-5 SB Diverge from SR 12 ramp junctions would operate at an unacceptable LOS D during a.m. peak hours, while the I-5 NB Diverge from SR 12 ramp junction would operate at an unacceptable LOS D during p.m.peak hours. Project traffic would increase the density at these ramp junctions that already experience unacceptable LOS, which is considered a Love's Travel Stops Project 24 Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations