However, there is no approved second interchange. The proposed second interchange would engender further sprawl development that will damage water quality in the river and our drinking water. There should be no public investment in major infrastructure that will increase development in the drinking water source until a land use plan has been completed and implemented to manage growth in the upper watershed and prevent damage to the river and our drinking water. Projects such as the interchange should only be considered in the context of this overall plan to manage growth. The amount of open space that appears to be provided in the expansion area is minimal compared to the large amount of development proposed.
Inadequate information is provided about open space.
The PUD application has only blanks for the acreage and percentage of planned greenspace. The project should be denied until it is redesigned. The commercial development should be held at the previously approved amount of 5 million square feet, and open space increased. The interchange should be deleted from the PUD Land Use Plan. It is not approved or even under consideration at this time.