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CapMetro's Pledge to Business
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Capital Metro has adopted the following mitigation and enhancements pledges at the beginning of the study and public involvement process to facilitate understanding of Capital Metro's intention to plan and implement light rail transit in a manner that incurs minimum inconvenience and undesirable consequences and maximizes this opportunity to enhance our communities. (Download the full document - 43K Word file)
- Capital Metro will develop business advisory teams (BATs) to provide a forum for affected businesses and the surrounding communities to participate in the planning and implementation of the construction project, including mitigation efforts.
- Capital Metro will work with the community to encourage the development of at Main Street-like program for neighborhood commercial.
- Every effort will be made to maintain access to businesses, including pedestrian and vehicular access, during construction periods.
- All construction contracts will include specific contractor requirements to limit disruption and adhere to schedules.
- To assist affected businesses during construction, Capital Metro will offer focused assistance in marketing, including special promotions on Capital Metro buses and in Capital metro publications.
- Capital Metro will develop and adopt noise criteria to govern the design of all vehicles, system and ancillary facilities.
- Capital Metro will mitigate location-specific potential noise impacts at sensitive sites identified by the environmental impact statement (EIS) analyses through the use of such measures as decorative noise walls, additional landscaping, or berms.
- To assure appropriate and acceptable station design quality, Capital Metro will devote $50,000 per station for station design, including landscaping and public art.
- Capital Metro will make every effort to maintain the parking supply along the proposed transit route.
- When planning the construction phase of the project, Capital Metro will work with the City of Austin and TxDOT to develop a maintenance of traffic plan to assure smooth vehicular operations throughout the project area during construction.
- Every effort will be made to design a transit system that minimizes impacts on current traffic patterns. The proposed transit system will be designed to maintain traffic capacity through affected corridors.
- To assure that the overall transportation network operates efficiently, Capital Metro will work with the City of Austin and TxDOT to integrate the transit line into the regional system and to assure that citywide traffic congestion is not worsened.
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