Environmental Mitigation
The Traffic Relief Plan (TRP) is a comprehensive strategy to repair roads, reduce congestion, complete long-needed freeway projects, and improve safe, reliable travel options across Riverside County.
To construct the traffic relief improvements in the TRP, mitigation will be required to preserve and improve quality of living, particularly in disadvantaged communities. Additionally, public infrastructure is increasingly under threat from natural disasters. Further, population growth and development both put pressure on natural areas that make Riverside County a desirable place to live.
To achieve balanced growth of the region, ensure transportation projects can move forward, withstand natural hazards, and provide for a high quality of living for current and future generations of Riverside County residents, the TRP makes meaningful commitments to environmental stewardship.
Examples of environmental mitigation include:
- Taking action to benefit the environment and to expedite permitting and completion of transportation projects
- Promoting public health and safety by improving air quality
- Safeguarding local transportation infrastructure from natural hazards, including, but not limited to:
- Floods
- Fires
- Earthquakes
- Blowsand
- Preserving Coachella Valley’s natural areas, including fulfilling the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
- Preserving Riverside County’s natural areas, including fulfilling the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan