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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-175 which also border the western shore of the Columbia River, as well as providing access to the Wanapum Reservoir and the Columbia River/Priest Rapids Reservoir. The road travels from the north, out of the Project study area, and into the town of Vantage. To the south, the road changes surfaces from paved to gravel adjacent to the Auvil Fruit Company agricultural area. • Burbank Creek Road is a private road and intersects with SR-821 on its east side south of the Roza Recreation Site. In Yakima County, the major roads followed by and adjacent to the Project study area include: • Sage Trail Road, a Rural Road extending east from its western access point at East Selah Road. East Selah Road accesses I-82, as well as the Pomona Heights Substation. The road serves residences in the Yakima Ridge foothills and is a private road maintained collectively by property owners. The road is primarily chip-sealed, but becomes gravel-layered further west as it turns into John Street and a network of gravel and dirt meandering roads mainly used to access homes or the JBLM YTC. East of the substation, as the road crosses Selah- Moxee Canal, the road is private and becomes gravel. • Mieras Road, a Rural Road running east from Birchfield through agricultural and large-lot residential areas. The road starts near the western edge of Yakima in the town of Birchfield and meets its eastern terminus at the intersection of Coombs Road. The road is two-lane and either paved or chip-sealed. • Postma Road, a Rural Road extending east from its intersection with Beaudry Road to the west, through Moxee and further east through agricultural and large-lot residential areas. Postma Road meets its eastern terminus 0.75 mile west of the JBLM YTC. The road is two- lane and either paved or chip-sealed. • East Selah Road accesses I-82, as well as the Pomona Heights Substation. The road serves residences in the Yakima Ridge foothills. The road is primarily chip-sealed, but becomes gravel -layered further west as it turns into John Street and a network of gravel and dirt meandering roads mainly used to access homes or the JBLM YTC. • Temple Lane is an Urban Local road located south of the JBLM YTC boundary between Sage Trail Road and Firing Center Road. • Shotgun Lane is a private road extending between Firing Center Road and Temple Road. • Pomona Heights Road is an Urban Local Road that is the northern extension of Shotgun Lane north of Firing Center Road. • Firing Center Road is an Urban Collector Road connecting I-82 with JBLM YTC. • Selah Creek Drive is a local road used by residences that is located east of SR-821 and just north of the Selah Creek crossing. This road also provides access to BLM lands located around Selah Butte. • Coombs Road and Prairie Road are Rural Roads which run south between Mieras Road and Postma Road. They are two-lane paved or chip-sealed roads. Average annual daily traffic (AADT) data was obtained where available for roads in the Project study area. Table 3.7-1 below shows AADT volumes in 2014 for roads in the Project study area. Table 3.7-1 Road AADT in Project Study Area ROAD AND LOCATION TRAFFIC VOLUME (AADT) I-82 Near Selah Creek Rest Area-Both Ways (R048) 16,626 SR-243 Junction w/SR-24 north of Vernita Bridge (S612) 4,289