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• Environmental Impacts <br />For a considerable length of the Corridor the new facility will follow <br />the existing route. Most adverse impacts of the highway are considered to <br />be short term in nature or can be lrrgely mitigated, except in Somerset. The <br />Do Nothing alternative has been recommended within the community of Somerset. <br />The Colorado Department of Health has already concurred that air pollution is <br />not significant in this case. The studies indicate that water and noise pollu- <br />tion are also not of major concern, except for the Somerset area. <br />In proportion to the existing cultivated areas and wildlife habitat, the <br />amount of land removed from these categories by the highway right-of-way is <br />small and is not considered to be of major significance. <br />• The effects of the highway right-of-way on removal of orchards from the <br />productive land will be relatively small. With the alternatives selected, <br />approximately 20 acres will be removed from some 4,000 acres of orchard land <br />in the Corridor. This amounts to less than 1% of the orchard land in the <br />Corridor and represents a sincere effort by this Department to avoid orchard <br />lands. <br />The major long range economic impact of the improved highway on the Cor- <br />ridor will be a stimulation to growth and business because of better and safer <br />access to the area. Other economic impacts such as increases and decreases in <br />tax revenue and the stimulation of business during the construction period <br />will be temporary. A significant social impact throughout the corridor will <br />be the relocation of families. Increased safety for the motorist will be a <br />significant beneficial impact. <br /> <br /> <br />