Environmental Review
Will the projects increase traffic on Sand Hill Road?
Transportation impacts were fully evaluated in the Final Environmental Impact Report. While there will be some increase in employee and patient population, a significant proportion of the additional square footage is needed just to accommodate modern facilities for current operations, existing employees and the existing annual patient population. The Final EIR includes an extensive range of transportation mitigation measure to reduce traffic impacts.
How long will the new facilities meet the healthcare
needs of the community? After this project is completed,
will Stanford need any additional space?
Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital are currently operating in facilities that do not meet the future healthcare needs of the community. The completion of this project will allow the facilities to meet such needs for several decades.
What can be done to reduce the space needs at the
Palo Alto site?
Stanford Hospital & Clinics opened a new outpatient facility in Redwood City in February 2009 with on-site orthopedics, ambulatory, radiology/imaging and pharmacy services. This additional space and relocation of services has reduced the need for several hundred thousand square feet of expansion within the Medical Center. For more information on the new Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center, please visit: outpatient.stanfordhospital.org/.
