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5.12 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION 5.12.1.5 Pedestrian/Bicycle Facilities The July 2002 Unincorporated San Joaquin County Bikeway Plan provides a blueprint for developing a bikeway system that includes both on-street as well as support facilities and programs throughout the unincorporated parts of San Joaquin County. A Class I1 bikeway provides for shared use with pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic. Devries Road is Class III Bike Route between North Thornton Road and Armstrong Road. North Thornton Road between Devries Road and Peltier Road as well as Devries Road north of the existing bikeway requires major improvements to construct a 4-foot shoulder; West Eight Mile Road requires minor improvements to achieve the same goal. 5.12.1.6 Public Transportation Public transportation in the area is provided by Lodi City Grape Line for intra-city destinations and by San Joaquin RTD for inter-city connections. The closest routes are about two miles away from the project site,both operated by San Joaquin RTD. Route 93 connects Stockton to Lodi and travels on Eight Mile Road between Thornton Road and Lower Sacramento Road. Route 66 connects Thornton Road to Spanos Park West and goes around the southeast corner of Oak Grove Regional Park. 5.12.1.7 Rail Traffic The City of Lodi is served by two rail services: the Southern Pacific Railroad (SPRR) and the Central California Traction Company (CCTC). Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) serves the areas west of Lodi;its tracks are the closest to the project site,about 2.2 miles east. These rail lines do not provide passenger service. 5.12.1.8 Air Traffic Kingdon Airpark(FAA identifier: 020) is a privately owned airport about 1.4 miles east of the project site. In 2005,there were 42 aircraft operations a day on average.The project site is located in the conical surface of the airpark;however,the construction of the project does not conflict with the 1993 Airport Land Use Plan(Brunn,2008). Lodi (Precissi) Airparkl (FAA identifier: L53) is also a privately owned airport about 3.6 miles east of the project site, and is used predominantly for crop duster airplane traffic. In 2007,there were on average 20 daily aircraft operations. The runway for this airpark is 1,875 feet long. Since the runway is less than 3,200 feet long,the restricted space extends for only 10,000 feet (1.7 nautical miles) from the airpark. The LEC is therefore beyond the restricted airspace for the Lodi Airpark. Since the Kingdon Airpark is located within 20,000 feet of the proposed LEC site, an FAA Notice Criteria evaluation was performed for the 150 foot tall exhaust stack and is included as Appendix 5.6B. Based on the results of this evaluation,a FAA Form 7460-1,Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration has been filed with the FAA and is included in Appendix 5.6C. Figure 5.6C-5 shows the location of the Kingdon Airpark and the proposed LEC site as well as the airport land use zones. 1 Lodi Airpark is also referred to a Precissi Airpark. 5.12-14 SAC/371322/082380003(LEC_5.12_TRAFFIC_AND_TRANSPORTATION.DOC)