Opinion ID: 1123557
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Heading: Impacts on Traffic

Text: CAPOW claims the FEIS failed to disclose fully the impact of the racetrack on traffic congestion in Auburn. CAPOW's criticism is one of detail  asserting that the FEIS lumped the impacts on traffic into the phrase Worse LOS F. LOS stands for level of service and F represents conditions of gridlock. CAPOW's argument does not survive the rule of reason. The FEIS devotes 42 pages to an extensive description of traffic problems, conceding that the racetrack will make a bad situation worse. Traffic on State Route 167, the main road leading to the project, already suffers from severe congestion. By adding the racetrack, Auburn will face traffic jams which rival Seattle's after a game at the Kingdome. The FEIS describes the impacts to traffic in more than sufficient detail to warn Auburn of the likely consequences of the racetrack. The phrase Worse LOS F summarizes what appears throughout the 42-page analysis: the impacts to traffic are substantial. Under the rule of reason, the FEIS successfully discusses, discloses, and substantiates the effects of this proposal on Auburn's traffic.