The final environmental impact report should be presented to theEast Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency this spring. Ikea officialsplan to begin construction in the third quarter and open the storein early 2002.
City officials said they welcome the familiar blue-and-goldstructure into the Ravenswood fold as part of a regional drawfocused on home-related retailers – where Home Depot, Design EXPO,Office Depot and Best Buy are located – but worry that the latestaddition may clog the arteries leading to and from the 2.5-sf milecity of 28,000 residents.
The Ikea store in Emeryville is an example East Palo Alto cityofficials hope to avoid. In Emeryville, the store's traffic hassnarled the main thruways leading to the nearby access ramps asthousands of patrons surge toward the lot for the storeentrance.
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