I "The potential of a significant increase in traffic along Coburg <br />2 Road if the exception area of Stallings Lane is included in the <br />3 Coburg UGB significantly exacerbates the public safety issues that <br />4 Coburg now faces. * * * <br />5 "This public safety problem can only be alleviated if an East-West <br />6 connector[ 18] is constructed to give emergency services an <br />7 alternative means to access Coburg. Until that time, any residential <br />8 development along Stallings Lane will mean an unacceptable <br />9 increase in traffic, unacceptable because it would significantly <br />10 increase the risk of isolating parts of Coburg from emergency <br />11 services." Record 750. <br />12 "Transportation and public safety issues serve as a limiting factor <br />13 for any of the exceptions areas of Stallings Lane being included in <br />14 the proposed Coburg UGB. If, however, a connector could be built <br />15 across the lower priority land adjacent to and just north of the <br />16 current Coburg UGB, the connector would provide an alternative <br />17 means to access the properties along Stallings Lane and reduce or <br />18 relieve the practical limitations on developing any part of Stallings <br />19 Lane." Record 752. <br />20 Petitioners contend it is inconsistent for the city to (1) acknowledge that <br />21 any transportation impact problems that might be caused by included North <br />22 Area 5 would be solved by the east-west bypass, (2) include the east-west <br />23 bypass as a project in the updated TSP, and (3) nevertheless exclude North <br />24 Area 5 on the basis of adverse traffic impacts without the east-west bypass. <br />25 Respondents state that Area 5 was determined to be inappropriate for <br />26 residential development because: <br />18 The referenced East-West Connector is what we refer to as the east-west <br />bypass. In the record it is also sometimes referred to as the East-West <br />Collector. <br />Page 35 <br />