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The preferred alternative requires new construction of the I-5 bridge over Ehlen Road and the realignment of I-5 travel lanes, as well as realignment of Ehlen Road, Bents Road and Dolores Way. ODOT also determined that construction of additional passing and travel lanes on Ehlen Road will be needed for the interchange to operate efficiently. Construction of additional travel lanes is listed as a conditional use. Realignment of Ehlen Road, Bents Road, or Dolores Way on EFU land in the vicinity of the interchange does not require a land use goal exception, but county conditional use approval will be needed before additional lanes on Ehlen Road can be constructed. ODOT identified that some EFU land will be needed for the proposed improvements of the interchange on Bents Road, Dolores Way, and Ehlen Road, however,the widening of roadways where the proposed improvements do not create any new parcels or remove or displace any buildings is consistent with Goal 3 and does not require a goal exception. Special access management requirements are established in the LAMP for the interchange area to improve safety and help ensure traffic mobility is maintained. The ODOT project team started with the key principle"move toward meeting the ODOT interchange access spacing standards." ODOT's access spacing standard for public roads is a minimum of 1,320 feet from the interchange ramps. While the spacing standards cannot be met for the new intersections at Bents Road and Dolores Way, the preferred alternative relocates the Bents Road and Dolores Way intersections approximately 800 feet from the interchange ramp intersections, an action that aligns with ODOT's key principal and moves towards meeting the access management spacing standard and improving current conditions. Within the LAMP, ODOT also establishes a mobility standard for the interchange that ensures capacity is preserved to serve the needs of future regional traffic. ODOT has recommended that alternative mobility targets be set for the interchange as a result of the preferred alternative providing more capacity at the interchange ramps than what is needed. Alternative mobility targets will help preserve the additional capacity for growth beyond the 20-year planning horizon. Due to funding, ODOT has proposed a two-stage phasing construction plan of the interchange. for which Phase 1 funding has been secured. Phase 1 will include: replacing the I-5 bridge over Ehlen Road, reconstructing the travel lanes on I-5 to match the bridge, widening, signalizing, and lengthening the freeway off ramps, widening Ehlen Road under the new bridge to provide a left turn lane for each direction, and realigning Bents Road to intersect with Ehlen Road at Bents Court. Phase 2 will complete the DDI including realignment of Ehlen Road and Dolores Way. The realignment of Ehlen Road will impact EFU land which is permitted as a conditional use in Marion County. Funding for Phase 2 has not been secured and it is unknown as to when it will occur. LAND USE GOALS AND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ODOT's consultant reviewed the development of the IAMP and the preferred alternative against the applicable criteria found in Oregon's Statewide Land Use Goals and Oregon Administrative Rules. The consultant provided evidence that the proposed amendment is consistent with land use goals because the development of the plan involved the public and stakeholders, includes only uses permitted on agricultural lands, has relatively minor impacts on the natural