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<br />Because the routes lie between the two metropol itan areas of
<br />Phoenix and Tucson, local workers would be readily available, and no migration
<br />of non-l oca 1 workers is expected. The sma 11 communiti es along I -10 wi 11
<br />experience a temporary increase in demand for food, fuel, 10dg,ing, and other
<br />consumer goods and services. No relocation of residential property would be
<br />required, nor would any community be severed by an aqueduct,
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<br />Long term effects on population are not expected. CAP water
<br />cannot be used to expand agricultural production, but will only replace ground
<br />water. CAP replacement water is expected to cost the farmer about $52 an
<br />acre-foot, as compared to the present cost of $30 to $47 an acre-foot to pump
<br />ground water. Project deliveries will vary from year to year d-epend'i'ng upon
<br />the amount of total CAP water availa-bIe.
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<br />Cropping patterns are expected to
<br />with winter vegetables becoming more important.
<br />existing farms and this trend should continue as
<br />continues to supplant farms.
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<br />change in the project area
<br />New farmers are purchasing
<br />the urbanization of Tucson
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<br />k. Safety
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<br />Open cana Is would pos,e a drowni'ng: ha.za,rdi, especia,lry near rura 1
<br />resi.den<:es and recreationa,l area.s. Fencing. wou.l<d, be p'rovtd'ed as approp-ria.te,
<br />particolarly in orba'n and recrea,ti<ona,l area;s, a,s well a-s ien areas. of goreatest
<br />da,nger to stod and wilcHife.
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<br />D. Cone lus ion
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<br />The se 1 ect'ton of too a,geflcy's, p.ro-posed' a,cti<o,fI, was, lxi-sed-- OItOO e-v'a,ruilcti'on
<br />of va,ri,ous, planning, consi,de,rations. and> imp'a,ct ana.l<yses,. FO'l'liowim<J a" rev-i.ew of
<br />the con-s,hierat iOll they were- divi-ded< i'ntCl' two catego'ri'es;. "Fhe, cOI1S'i'derat ions
<br />that ha<d< si,g.rtificant cHffere-n,ces betweef)' routes, were, crictiicaJ to the, selection
<br />of the p.ropCl'sed a,cti'Ofl' and, were retad;ned, for the, fi-n'aJ! review, The
<br />consi'derations th,at h-ad a sim,ila,r impact for each route, we,re oot consi,de,re1:l
<br />critical and were dro-pped- from the final rev'iew. Wni le these Co-nsl<lera,tioIlS
<br />were droppe1:l. from- the selection process, they wre i,mportant a<nd a,r€" cri's.p,l;ayed'
<br />in tlris HS.
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<br />For the- cri,ti'cal considerati'oi%,. means to' IlFl-lnnHZe the diffen!f1ce,s, were
<br />eva.ruil'ted-. For aH rou,tes except Root'€- 1, H was cIe-terrn.;,n-€jji thca,t the'
<br />di:ffereoces cou+d' be, mien-tm-i,zed< tlH<'OU,gf1. m<rtiga;ti'on' ar.tdi hnd.l; en.g.i'neering.
<br />des. i'g:ns,.
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<br />The resurts of the hoot. revi,ew were that Rootes 2' and 3e we",€- foU4'}d to
<br />sati,sfy a,H criteria, w'i-th-out cOllstderi,ng< cost. Co>st wa-s th>en, US€d' to sele<:t
<br />be-tween the rootes and- since Route Z haiti' the lowest Co.st it wa-s; iid'ef1.tHi'e-d, a,s
<br />the agency I s' proposed' a,cti Oil.
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