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The 26th Avenue corridor is designated as a minor arterial in Aurora's 1999 Northeast Area <br />Transportation Study. The ultimate 114-foot-wide 26th Avenue right-of-way will be <br />adequate for pipeiine construction. However, the City is acquiring easements along this <br />reach, because the current ROW is only 60 feet wide. The pipeline aligiunent along the 26� <br />Avenue portion has been designed to avoid existing and proposed utilities. As an <br />alternative to ROW acquisition in this area, a re-alignment of the pipeline to Smith Road is <br />also being considered. <br />Construction Staging Areas <br />A construction staging area will be provided for field office trailers and temporary <br />equipment storage and materials staging along the Segment 2 alignment, southwest of the <br />64th Avenue and E-470 intersection. Most of the nearby property is agricultural. <br />Construction traffic will access the site via E-470 and 64th Avenue. <br />Existing Land Uses <br />The 12.5-mile pipeline corridor from the preliminary site selected for PS-2 to the PS-3 site is <br />mostly undeveloped with some agricultural use, private residences and farmhouses. <br />Segment 2 crosses the City of Aurora municipal limits, Arapahoe County, Commerce City <br />and Denver County. <br />Proposed Future Development <br />Future development is likely alongside the E-470 corridor (outside the MUE) and along 26th <br />Avenue. Aurora Water and its project team have met with each governmental entity to <br />review specific permitting, design and construction requirements, and to discuss general <br />development patterns anticipated along the alignment. Development will not occur within <br />the E-470 MUE. Planned developments will not impede the construction of Pipeline <br />Segment 2. <br />Special Crossings and Land Use Assessment <br />The Segment 2 alignment has one USACE jurisdictional drainage crossing, three minor <br />drainage pipeline crossings, eight-paved roadway crossings, and four major utility <br />crossings. Trenchless construction methods will be used for all crossings except minor <br />drainage crossings, which will be encased. Local geotechnical conditions indicate no <br />significant sub-surface challenges to pipeline construction. <br />19 <br />