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4 Environmental Analysis 4.15 Transportation in complete streets and infill development but does not mandate a particular depth of implementation that could translate into a particular threshold of significance. Meanwhile, the State has clear quantitative targets for GHG emissions reduction set forth in law and based on scientific consensus, and the depth of VMT reduction needed to achieve those targets has been quantified. Tying VMT thresholds to GHG reduction also supports the two other statutory goals. Therefore, to ensure adequate analysis of transportation impacts, OPR recommends using quantitative VMT thresholds linked to GHG reduction targets when methods exist to do so. 4.15.4.2 Analysis IMPACT 4.15-1: Would the project conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities? (Less than significant Impact) All study roadways and intersections would continue to operate within acceptable County and Caltrans operational standards, under Existing plus Project Conditions. Most maintenance and construction activities associated with the Project would be contained within the Project site and are not expected to result in the long-term closures of travel lanes or roadway segments, permanently alter the public access roadways, create new public roadways that could substantially change the travel patterns of vehicles and bicycles on surrounding roadways, or conflict with the policies and plans regarding bicycle facilities. There are no transit or pedestrian facilities adjacent to the Project site that would be impacted by Project-generated construction traffic. There are no bike lanes along Patterson Pass Road or Midway Road adjacent to the Project site. The rural roadways in the study area are generally used for recreational and interregional travel that typically occur outside of the typical weekday peak commute periods and on weekends. During construction, slow-moving oversized trucks could potentially disrupt the movement of bicycles on Patterson Pass Road near the Project. However, construction would occur primarily during daylight hours and would not occur earlier than 6:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. in compliance with the San Joaquin County Municipal Code (San Joaquin County 2022) when working on the Project site, with the highest concentration of construction-generated traffic occurring during the typical a.m. and p.m. peak commute periods when bicycle volumes are low. During construction of the gen-tie, activities would be limited to the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. in accordance with Alameda County Municipal Code (Alameda County 2020). Saturday work is anticipated, resulting in additional vehicle on the roadways. This could impact recreational bike use along Patterson Pass Road; however, this would only occur during the construction phase, and this would have a less than significant impact. No lane or road closures are anticipated during Project construction that could temporarily disrupt bicycle access on these roads. Furthermore, the analyzed Project-generated traffic would be related to temporary construction whose short-term traffic increases end when construction activities are completed. For these reasons, the Project would not conflict with a plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. Therefore, the Project would result in less than significant impacts to the performance of the local circulation system. Mitigation: None required. Griffith Energy Storage Project 4.15-14 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023