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and economic impacts will be analysed." Scoping Report at 20 (emphasis added). Nevertheless, as <br />discussed in the Board's Comment 6, above, the DEIS failed to include any analysis whatsoever of <br />the locali5,�ed impacts that construction and operation of the Proposed Project would have on the <br />socioeconomic conditions in affected commercial and residential areas. This is a glaring omission in <br />light of: (i) the disruption that will be caused by construction activities associated with a major <br />infrastructure project cutting through vibrant downtown areas and residential neighborhoods; (ii) the <br />permanent barrier that would be created by operation of a highly active rail line separating <br />commercial and residential neighborhoods; and (iii) the potential socioeconomic impacts of traffic <br />congestion on the roadways proximate to the grade crossings. <br />Another commitment in the Scoping Report is that "[t]he EIS will consider cumulative impacts of <br />all resources, to assess the impacts of the Project in conjunction with other rail projects." Scoping <br />Report at 21. Yet as discussed in the Board's Comment 2, above, contrary to that commitment the <br />DEIS explicitly rejects consideration of the cumulative impacts of the Tri -Rail Coastal Link project, <br />notwithstanding the availability of the information needed to do so. <br />The above examples illustrate how far the DEIS strayed from the scope FRA promised to prepare at <br />the conclusion of the scoping process. The Board urges the agency to now keep those <br />commitments in a supplemental DEIS. <br />A- Page 27 <br />1824679 November 14, 2014 <br />