East Side Highway Corridor Study

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East Side Highway Corridor Study Public
Information Meeting February 12, 2008
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Agenda

• Brief project history to date
• Presentation of Preliminary Alternative
  Alignments
• Informal Discussion in Front Lobby
• Reconvene to go over Questions

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Citizen Advisory Group Meetings

• October 16, 2007
• Commenced discussion of objectives developed
  early preliminary concepts
• November 6, 2007
• Refined concepts
• January 15, 2008
• Achieved consensus on preliminary corridors to
  be examined

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Identify Stakeholders
Form Project Study Group
Identify Stakeholders
Develop Stakeholder Involvement Plan (SIP)
Develop Project Purpose
Hold Initial Informational Meetings
Set Ground Rules for SIP
Hold Project Purpose Development Meetings
Develop Understanding of Project Purpose
CONTEXT SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS
Analyze Alternatives and Choose Preferred
Alternative
Conduct Alternatives Meetings
Present Alternatives Based on Project Purpose
Re-Present Modified Alternatives
Hold Alternatives Elimination Meeting
Present Alternatives Based on Project Purpose
Approval of Final Alternative
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East Side Highway Preliminary Alternative
Corridors
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Preliminary Evaluation Criteria

• Displacement and Relocations
• Economic Impacts
• Land Use Compatibility
• Public Facilities Services
• Farm Land Impacts (Severances, Transit,
  Ownership Types)
• Woodland Tree Loss
• Right-of-Way Impacts
• Travel Patterns
• Facility Access
• Section 4(f) Impacts
• Water Quality/Water Resources
• Historical/Archaeological Sites
• Noise
• Cost
• Community Cohesion
• Biological Impacts (Wildlife, Threatened
  Endangered Species)
• Wetlands
• Safety
• Flexibility in Staging Improvements

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Contact Us

• Website www.eastsidehighway.com
• E-mail address eastsidehighway_at_clark-dietz.com
• Phone [phone]