Vol 2, Appendix B - Technical Data

This appendix provides more information on noise, traffic, potential waste sites in the area, and water wells.  Have important changes happened since this information was collected? Does this information support conclusions in Volume 1? Are there important conclusions that should have been drawn from this that were not included in Volume 1?

• ACOUSTICAL BACKGROUND AND TERMINOLOGY ............................................ B-1
• TABLE B-l: NOISE ABATEMENT CRITERIA   ........................................................... B-3
• TABLE B-2: WEIGHTED SOUND LEVELS IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS                                                                                                                    ...................................................... B-4
• TABLE B-3: CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SOUND LEVELS .............................. B-5

• LEVELS OF SERVICE .................................................................................................. B-7 to B-8
• TABLE B-4: POTENTIAL AND CONFIRMED WASTE SITES AND STORAGE TANK FACILITIES WITHIN PROJECT AREA                                                                                            ................. B-9 to B-18
• TABLE B-5: WATER WELLS IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA ..................................... B-19toB-22
• TABLES B-6 thru B-11: ACOUSTICAL MITIGATION, NOISE BARRIERS    ..........B-23 to B-28

1 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR PROPOSED ACTION

This chapter deals first with the connection of this project to plans at all levels of government. How have changes since 2002 made the conclusions in this chapter suspect or wrong?

It also deals with impacts on traffic and land use. We need to ask how changes in affect the conclusions here. This chapter also deals with land use plans. As an example, the impact of the urban connector on sprawl and development of commuter subdivisions south in Iberia Parish should be considered. This would also be a place to comment on how financing as a toll road which is now being considered would impact traffic projections and future land use impacts.

Finally, this is the chapter that addresses the Airport runway extension. We need to look at deficiencies in the EIS, and significant changes since 2002.

CHAPTER 1 -PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR PROPOSED ACTION

1.1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

1.2 DESCRJPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT

1.3 NEED FOR PROJECT

    1.3.1 System Linkage

        a National Plans

        b State Plans

        c Regional Plans

        d Local Plans

    1.3.2 Existing and Projected Traffic Conditions

    1.3.3 Regional Transportation and Land Use Plans

    1.3.4 Legislation and Governmental Support

    1.3.5 Modal Interrelationships

    1.3.6 Safety

    1.3.7 Hurricane Evacuation

    1.3.8 Economic Factors

        a Port Facility Access

        b Increased Mobility

        c Reduced Vehicle Operating Costs

        d Joint Development

    1.3.9 Lafayette Regional Airport Runway Extension

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