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V. Alternatives to the Project <br /> Transportation and Circulation <br /> The Current-Footprint-with-Increased-Elevation Alternative would not increase local traffic <br /> significantly and total traffic would be less than with the project because under this alternative <br /> the landfill would close sooner. However,waste would have to be hauled to another landfill <br /> sooner than with the project. Hauling wastes to another landfill would probably generate greater <br /> total truck miles traveled because Stockton's waste would probably be hauled longer distances for <br /> disposal sooner than with the project. Collection trucks currently travel 16 miles round trip from <br /> the City of Stockton to Austin Road Landfill and back. Collection trucks traveling from the City <br /> of Stockton to the Lovelace Transfer Station and back would also travel approximately 16 miles <br /> round trip. Loads from several collection trucks would be consolidated into a larger transfer <br /> truck. Transfer trucks from the Lovelace Transfer Station would have to travel an additional 64 <br /> miles(round trip)to dispose of the waste at the Foothill Landfill. Highway truck traffic would <br /> increase sooner than with the project due to waste haulers transporting refuse from the transfer <br /> station to Foothill Landfill. An increase in local traffic would occur sooner in the vicinity of the <br /> transfer station instead of to Austin Road Landfill. The affected roadways would deteriorate at <br /> an increased rate,requiring more frequent maintenance and repairs while waste related traffic on <br /> Austin Road would essentially cease when the landfill closed., <br /> CullMral Resources <br /> Any cultural resources on the CYA parcel could still be disturbed;however, any on the Brocchini <br /> parcel would not he affected by this alternative. <br /> Vegetation and Wildlife <br /> Under this scenario,the biological resources on the CYA parcel would still be impacted; <br /> however,the Brocchini parcel would not he altered and therefore would not impact the sensitive <br /> habitats on the Brocchini parcel. <br /> Air Quality <br /> Air quality impacts related to the increased vehicular miles traveled to the distant lanfill once <br /> Austin Road Landfill is closed would be expected to occur sooner. <br /> V.14 <br />