| Section 13. Short-term Construction Impacts |
Short-term Construction impacts would include any impacts on the surrounding areas, environment and community well-being during the construction phase of a project. Of particular concern in this case would be the construction schedule, and how it might be shortened or extended, depending on the method in which the owners/applicants might chose to have the proposed development built-out.
The owners/applicants have expressed at public meetings about this project that one scenario for build-out of the project would be to build the houses as the lots are sold - there was no clarification as to whether this construction would be done by one contracting builder, or whether the individual new owners would take the responsibility of having their houses constructed. The EIR, unless given strict information about the project construction schedule, should assume a worse-case scenario of large houses being built one-by-one as they are sold in a competitive land market - in which case the construction project could continue for many years.
The EIR should research the methodology of bringing construction equipment and vehicles into the area, and seek to discourage the idea of heavy traffic moving through the residential neighborhoods of El Granada or Miramar.
In this light, serious consideration will need to given to the long-term health, safety, and environmental impacts presented by a string of ongoing, slow moving construction projects. Specifically, see comments in Section 15. Health.
The EIR should consider the following impacts during construction, specifically, but not limited to:
| 13.1. Precedents and Consequences |
| 13.2. Mitigation |