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• by the much higher railroad and vehicle traffic resulting from the industrial activity in the surrounding area. The Texas Highway Depart- ment has anon going program which is improving State Highway 146 through La Porte.. This development of a limited access roadway has done much to remove unwanted traffic from the business district of the city. There are several large tracts of land within the project area. The land is all subject to the city zoning statutes and provides a good balance .between commercial, industrial, and two classes (multi and single family) of residential types of land usage. No significant projects or land development schemes seem to be imminent at this time. The amount of land included in this raw acreage is about 1,000 acres. There is roughly an equivalent number of acres in La Porte lying in subdivided areas which are unimproved and perhaps another 1,000 acres held in small tracts of three to twenty acres. Two important industrial developments in this locale are the Port of Houston 'development of a containerized shipping terminal at Morgans Point and the Bayport Industrial Park construction of a deep water terminal. The present population of the project area is about 9,400 and studies show a growth rate of about 9% per year. This will result in population figures of 26,500 and 34,000 in the years 1985 and 2000. A great deal of industrial growth is expected adjacent to the project area because of the convenience of shipping facilities, raw materials, and manpower. Within the project area this growth will of course be regulated by the zoning ordinance. The majority of the surrounding land is committed to industrial use so there will not be a land use change. Since this is the case there will be no impact other than that of population growth and its associated developments. Environmental. Conditions Should the Proposed Action be Implemented Short Term Impact - The amount of water now flowing in Big Island Slough be ow the Fairmont Park Treatment Plant will be decreased by the amount of effluent from the plant (average 0.227 mgd) and Little Cedar Bayou will be increased by that amount. No other alterations to land, farms, streams or natural drainage patterns will occur except slight, temporary changes along ditch lines or on the treatment plant construction site. It is not anticipated that erosion will be a problem to cope with because of the very flat terrain which exists. This project will not affect area water courses by siltation or sedimentation. The only cover vegetation existing in the construction areas is grass and weeds which will be removed of neces- sity to bury pipes and construct structural foundations. fJo trees will be disturbed in these areas. The only clearing anticipated will be that to remove grass and weeds from construction sites. This will be done with a bulldozer blade which will in no way damage the area environment. Any soil and vegetation spoil resulting from this project will be stockpiled on or used for improving existing public properties. There, is not likely to be a significant amount of spoil in any case. No additional land is to be acquired. for this project. The city owns adequate property adjacent to the existing main treatment plant for all ...~. ,.. .... ..~._.,- _ _ , r.. ,.. ..~,._ ,_,_.T .... ~_