395 - GSA Development of St. Elizabeths Campus
395 - GSA Development of St. Elizabeths Campus
395 - GSA Development of St. Elizabeths Campus
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• Transportation System Management (TSM) improvements. Under a stand-alonealternative, TSM improvements – including widening and reconfiguring local roadways,upgrading traffic signals, and expansion <strong>of</strong> the regional transit network – are capable <strong>of</strong>providing only a partial solution. The evaluation showed that although TSM elementsare essential to overall project success, implementing the TSM alternative alone does notfully meet the needs <strong>of</strong> the project.2.3.4 Future NeedsFuture needs <strong>of</strong> the project related to <strong>GSA</strong>’s plan to relocate and consolidate the DHSHeadquarters to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Elizabeths</strong> were identified as follows:• DHS Headquarters programmatic needs, including:‣ New access to the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Elizabeths</strong> West <strong>Campus</strong> from the west‣ Capability to limit public access to the West Access Road (in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> <strong>St</strong>.<strong>Elizabeths</strong> West <strong>Campus</strong>) in cases requiring heightened security‣ Transit shuttle routes that connect employee entrance points with nearbyMetrorail stations‣ Circulating roadways and lay-by areas to facilitate provision <strong>of</strong> transit shuttleservice‣ Modifications to the Malcolm X Avenue/I-295 interchange to improveconnections between the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Elizabeths</strong> <strong>Campus</strong> and the local freeway network• Minimization <strong>of</strong> NPS parkland necessary for the construction <strong>of</strong> the West Access Road• Providing acceptable capacity on the West Access Road while minimizingenvironmental and cultural/historic resource impacts• Adequate and context-sensitive connectivity with the surrounding community andtransportation network• Physical and operational/logistical improvements that work to minimize traffic andtransportation impacts to the Anacostia and Congress Heights neighborhoods2.4 Performance <strong>of</strong> No-Build, Build, and No ActionTransportation Alternatives2.4.1 No-Build Alternative 1The No-Build Alternative serves as a future baseline condition against which the BuildAlternatives may be compared. Under this alternative, the relocation and consolidation <strong>of</strong> DHS1 <strong>GSA</strong>’s No Action Alternative in the FEIS is different from the No-Build Alternative. The No-Build Alternative assumes noconsolidation <strong>of</strong> DHS Headquarters on the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Elizabeths</strong> campus, nor any related infrastructure improvements, while the No ActionAlternative assumes that DHS is consolidated on the West <strong>Campus</strong> only with minimal transportation improvements and no changesin interstate access at Malcolm X Avenue. The No Action Alternative is discussed in more detail in Section 2.4.4.2-7