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Project Status and Schedule
The project team is currently in the third phase of the project work flow process: Assess Potential Benefits & Impacts. This phase of the project is anticipated to take 18 months and will require a significant amount of technical evaluation and analysis by the project team, including:
- fully defining each alternative and its operating plan and cost
- developing concept designs
- evaluating each alternative against the Project Need and Purpose
- assessing the overall benefits to the transportation system
- determining the economic, social, and environmental impacts to the human environment
The project team will also explore potential short-term projects that may improve travel efficiency and safety in the interim.
The public will be asked to provide input on the project needs and the potential impacts of the various alternatives during this phase of the project. Input will be sought via surveys, stakeholder interviews, Citizen Advisory Committee meetings, Technical Advisory Committee meetings, and other tools. The public will also be provided with an opportunity to comment on the project concepts and benefits/impacts assessment information at the Round 4 public information open houses. These open houses are likely to occur in late 2008/early 2009.
Updated project information will be provided to the public via the project website, hotline, fact sheet mailings, briefings, and other tools.
During previous phases, the project team completed some major project milestones, including:
- evaluating potential strategies for the corridor and identifying those with the best potential to meet the needs of the corridor (see Strategy Screening and Alternatives Development Process and Initial Screening Results)
- developing a draft project Need and Purpose Statement
- examining the corridor's Existing Conditions
The project is currently on schedule to have a complete environmental document by late 2010.
