Preliminary Evaluation of Route Alternatives

Siting Criteria Red Route Alternative Blue Route Alternative Green Route Alternative Cyan Route Alternative
Social Criteria
Residence Criteria
Number of Residences within 1/2 mile of ROW Centerline11211274241
Number of Residences within 1/4 mile of ROW Centerline50563394
Number of Residences within 500 ft of ROW Centerline8161340
Number of Residences within 100 ft of ROW Centerline0004
Community Facilities Criteria
Number of Recreation Areas (Parks, Golf Courses, Trails) within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0001
Number of Schools/Churches/Medical within 1/2 mile of ROW Centerline0001
Number of Schools/Churches/Medical within 1/4 mile of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Schools/Churches/Medical within 500 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Schools/Churches/Medical within 100 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Other Structures within ROW0005
Number of Other Structures (i.e., not residences, schools, churches, or medical facilities) within 100 ft of ROW Centerline0006
Number of Other Structures (i.e., not residences, schools, churches, or medical facilities) within 500 ft of ROW Centerline17182659
Agricultural Criteria
Length of ROW through Center Pivots/Irrigation (miles)0.00.00.00.0
Length of ROW through Agriculture Cropland (miles)2.03.14.85.8
Length of ROW through Agriculture Pasture/Rangeland (miles)0.00.00.00.0
Number of Parcel Criteria
Number of Parcels Requiring an Easement33353654
Number of New & Platted Developments Requiring an Easement0003
Environmental Criteria
Federal or State Areas Siting Criteria
Length of ROW across State Land (miles)1.02.02.00
Length of ROW across State or National Parks (miles)0.00.00.00.0
Number of State or National Wilderness Areas within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of State and National Forest Land within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Contaminated Areas (Superfund, Brownfields, etc.) within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Military Lands and Operations within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Wildlife Siting Criteria
Number of National Wildlife (and Fisheries) Refuges within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Designated Critical Habitat within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Bald Eagle/Wintering/Breeding Habitat (BGEPA) within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline1111
Length of ROW across Raptor Nests or Nest Buffer (miles)0.90.40.00.0
Length of ROW across Federal Threatened, Endangered & Protected Species (miles)0.000.000.030.00
Length of ROW across State Threatened, Endangered & Protected Species (miles)0.000.000.030.00
Length of ROW across Wildlife Migration Corridors (miles)0.80.70.71.0
Rivers, Streams, Floodplains and Wetlands Siting Criteria
Length of ROW across FEMA 100-Year Floodplains (miles)1.21.20.61.3
Length of ROW across FEMA 500-Year Floodplains (miles)0.00.00.00.0
Length of ROW in NWI-mapped Wetlands/Waterways (miles)0.30.30.30.7
Number of Impaired Rivers/Streams Crossings0000
Length of ROW Parallel (within 100 ft) to Streams or Rivers (miles)0.30.60.40.4
Length of ROW across NHD-mapped Lakes, Ponds, Reservoirs or Aquifers (miles)0.00.00.00.0
Cultural Criteria
Historic Siting Criteria
Number of Cultural Historic Site Impacts Crossed by ROW0004
Number of Cultural Historic Sites within 0.5 mile of ROW Centerline1291018
Number of National Register of Historic Places crossed by ROW0000
Number of National Register of Historic Places within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Historic Landscapes/Trails/Markers within ROW0000
Miscellaneous Cultural Criteria
Number of Cemeteries within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Native American Owned Lands Crossed by ROW0000
County Criteria
County Siting Criteria
Length of ROW Not Allowed in Current Zone District (miles)0.00.00.01.2
Length Across Ridgelines (miles)1.51.11.40.3
Length of ROW within 300 ft of Streams, Rivers, or Treed Areas (miles)1.52.62.52.9
Length of ROW within viewshed from scenic viewpointsTBDTBDTBDTBD
Length of ROW within Strasburg and Byers Planning Areas3.00.00.05.5
Engineering Criteria
General Features Criteria
Project Length (miles)12.014.415.115.8
Estimated Project Cost (millions)$15.5$18.2$19.0$19.8
Number of Angle Structures (LA > 2 deg) and Deadends12161914
Constructability Criteria
Length of ROW in Existing Transmission ROW (miles)0.51.50.02.3
Length of ROW in Existing Distribution ROW (miles)1.01.70.64.4
Length of Tree Trimming/Vegetation Management (miles)0.10.20.20.5
Length of ROW with Slope greater than 30% (miles)0.000.050.000.01
Length of ROW in potentially poor, sandy or rocky soils (miles)6.14.84.78.9
Length of ROW Not Paralleling Existing Roads (miles)12.012.011.88.3
Crossing Criteria
Number of Highway and Road Crossings46715
Number of Railroad Crossings0002
Number of Transmission and Distribution Line Crossings10151325
Number of Pipeline (Oil, Gas and Water) Crossings0020
Impacts to Other Identities Criteria
Length of ROW Paralleling Existing Transmission ROW (miles)0.51.90.415.7
Length of ROW Paralleling Existing Distribution ROW (miles)1.05.41.14.4
Length of ROW Paralleling (within 0.25 mile) Existing Railroads (miles)1.10.00.00.0
Number of Private Airports within 10,000 ft of ROW Centerline2114
Number of FAA Registered Airports with at least one runway more than 3,200 feet in length located within 20,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of FAA Registered Airports with at least one runway more than 3,200 feet in length located within 10,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Heliports within 5,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Commercial AM Radio Transmitters within 10,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of FM Radio Transmitters, Microwave Towers, and other Electronic Installations within 2,000 ft of ROW Centerline0002
Number of Telecom (Communication Towers, Antenna Structures) within 1,000 ft of ROW Centerline0001
Doppler Radar Systems within 2,000 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Number of Water Wells within 500 ft of ROW Centerline0002
Number of Oil and Gas Wells within 500 ft of ROW Centerline0000
Length of ROW across Mineral Resources (miles)0.00.00.00.0
Length of ROW that Bisects Properties (miles)2.90.30.20.8
Length of ROW Not Parallel to Property Lines (miles)0.00.00.00.8
Number of active sand, gravel, oil or coal extraction areas within 500 feet of ROW Centerline1000
Number of Resource Easement Lands (Conservation Easements) Crossed by ROW0000
Length of ROW within 0.5 mile of Conservation Easements0.00.00.00.0
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