The planning process for Quarry Falls has reached a major milestone, with the City of San Diego's release of the draft Environmental Impact Report for Quarry Falls.
This is a document created under state law that outlines the planning for Quarry Falls and provides an unbiased analysis of all of its impacts and most importantly identifies protective measures that are feasible to reduce the environmental impacts to a less than significant level.
The environmental protection measures included in our concept for Quarry Falls include multi-modal transportation solutions and sustainable features like walkable streets, bike lanes, solar orientation and energy management systems, drought tolerant and native landscaping, high efficiency irrigation systems designed for reclaimed water, natural filtration of storm water, construction waste recycling, and sustainable and recyclable building materials.
By recycling the quarry, we can also help reduce commuter traffic by providing homes close to jobs in Mission Valley. In addition, we will expedite and provide significant funding for planned improvements to key interchanges, and fund urgently needed traffic improvements to surrounding intersections.
Recently, the U.S. Green Building Council accepted Quarry Falls as a pilot project in its new “LEED for Neighborhood Development” program. The program serves as a guide for creating compact, walkable, well-connected communities with a holistic approach to sustainability.
We invite you to take a look at the draft EIR, but we should warn you, it’s a large file and could take several minutes to download.
If you have any questions about the report, please feel free to email me or give me a call at (619) 374-2333.
Monday, November 12, 2007
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