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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.B-21 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project As discussed in the 2013 EIR, under Existing Plus Approved Projects Plus Project conditions, all intersections would continue to operate at LOS D or better, with the exception of the southbound ramp at the SR 99/French Camp Road (intersection 6). At this intersection, LOS would remain at F, but the average delay would worsen from 10.2 seconds (see Table IV.B-9) to 10.4 seconds. According to County policy, measures must be defined to mitigate this impact to maintain the current LOS and delay value. The Caltrans traffic signal installation project _ mentioned above would improve operations at this intersection to an acceptable LOS B, and no further mitigation is required for the proposed project. As mentioned previously, the California Health Care Facility is complete and is no longer an approved project. This may have a small impact on study intersections along Arch Road, Mariposa Road and the SR 99 interchanges. However, since those intersections and ramps were operating at LOS B and C, and were projected to operate at LOS C or better under EPAP Conditions (which include the California Health Care Facility), it can be concluded that the completion of the California Health Care Facility would not change the findings of the 2012 Republic ITS study. Therefore the conclusions of the 2013 EIR also apply to the 2014 Expansion Project. For the 2014 Expansion Project, this impact would be less than significant, and no mitigation measures are required. — Year 2035 Cumulative Traffic Volumes San Joaquin County guidelines typically require an evaluation of cumulative conditions in year 2025. However, of the cumulative future projects in the vicinity, the largest is the proposed Mariposa Lakes development. The lead agency for this development is the City of Stockton, _ which uses year 2035 as the future horizon year for cumulative analysis. Therefore, as directed by County staff, 2035 is used for the future analysis year in this EIR. The traffic study prepared for the Mariposa Lakes project is used as the source document for year 2035 traffic volumes. (TJKM, 2007). -- Near-Term (Existing-Plus-Approved-Projects) Cumulative Impacts With the addition of the proposed project to EPAP cumulative conditions, LOS values would remain at acceptable levels, with the exception of the interchange of Route 99 at French Camp Road. This intersection has unacceptable LOS F without the project, as shown in Table IV.B-9, but, with the project, the average delay would worsen at this intersection. According to County policy, measures must be defined to mitigate this impact to maintain the current LOS and delay value. The Caltrans traffic signal installation project mentioned above would improve operations at this intersection to an acceptable LOS B, and no further mitigation is required for the proposed project. This impact would be less than significant, and no mitigation measures are required. Year 2035 Planned Roadway Improvements By year 2035 Austin Road is planned to be widened to two lanes in each direction between Mariposa Road and some point between Arch Road and French Camp Road. The intersection of Austin Road and French Camp Road is expected to have the same lane designations (one approach lane in each direction). These improvements were assumed in the analysis of cumulative conditions, and the resulting lane configurations are shown in Figure IV.B-7.