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• Construct Eden Road, currently a dirt road, to improve traffic circulation in the Davis/Doolittle intersection area. • Design and implement Phases III and IV of the Doolittle Drive streetscape enhancement program (Phase III Davis to Marina and Phase IV Marina to Fairway). Doolittle Drive is a gateway to Oakland Airport, the shoreline, and a busy artery through the City's industrial district. • Support new or significantly improved, larger I -880 interchanges at Marina Boulevard and Davis Street to ease congestion and stimulate private investment in the project area by taking better advantage of its strategic regional location. • Provide for the rehabilitation of commercial structures through the Commercial Rehabilitation Program, with a special focus on the MacArthur business district and the Doolittle Drive and Marina Boulevard areas. • Facilitate energy efficiency improvements to industrial plants and operations through the Industrial Competitiveness Program which provides forgivable loans to improve energy efficiency thereby making businesses more competitive. • Implement Phase II of the MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan (Phase II Superior to Dutton). MacArthur Boulevard is a gateway to the City of Oakland, a thoroughfare, and a busy neighborhood destination. • Support the long -term viability of Westgate Center as both a regional retail center and a technology- oriented business center. • Assist in maintaining LINKS, the West San Leandro Shuttle Program to take workers to and from work and the San Leandro BART Station. • Attract new commercial and industrial uses that offer higher paying wages and /or add to the city's financial base; encourage clustering of like uses in certain areas as appropriate. + Develop strategies to mitigate both auto and truck related traffic to reduce conflicts with residential uses, while facilitating movement of goods. + Identify obsolete buildings and work with property owners to modernize or remove them, creating jobs and stimulating investment. • Assist with assembling parcels for development sites, particularly underutilized property on MacArthur Boulevard and inadequately sized industrial parcels in West San Leandro. Table 8 on the next page includes estimates that tax increment is projected to grow steadily in the 2010- 2014 Implementation Plan period, allowing business assistance projects to be funded. In Fiscal Years 2009 -10 and 2010 -11 the WSL Project Area is budgeted to pay $1.3 million in SERAF for the other two project areas, which are burdened with obligations. Those payments will be structured as a loan. The San Leandro Redevelopment Agency 2010 -2014 Implementation Plan Page 15