Environmental Impact Statement: County of Los Angeles, California

Douglas Bennett
Federal Highway Administration
9 June 1994

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

Environmental Impact Statement: County of Los Angeles, California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed highway 
project in Los Angeles County, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PC. Glenn Clinton, Chief, District 
Operations, Federal Highway Administration, California Division, 980 
9th Street, suite 400, Sacramento, California 95814-2724, Telephone: 
(916) 551-1310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the California 
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will prepare an environmental 
impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve Interstate Route 10 in 
Los Angeles County, California. The proposed improvement would involve 
adding one High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction on the 
route, between Interstate Route 605 and Interstate Route 210/State 
Route 57 for a distance of 18.0 kilometers (11.2 miles). To construct 
the two new HOV lanes, this proposed project would include pavement 
rehabilitation, widening of existing freeway bridges and necessary 
roadside improvements such as guardrails and soundwalls.

    Improvements to the corridor are considered necessary to improve 
the level of service by increasing the person carrying capacity of this 
section of I-10, relieving existing and anticipated increase peak 
period traffic congestion. The proposed project is also an integral 
element of the I-10 portion of the proposed regional freeway-based HOV 
system in Los Angeles County.
    At this time two alternatives are being considered, Alternative 1, 
widening the half-width of the section to a total of 24.7 meters (81 
feet) and Alternative 4, the no-build alternative. Two other build 
alternatives with wider half-sections were considered during the 
scoping process, but removed from further consideration due to the 
minimal benefits to be derived versus the impacts of the acquisition of 
significantly more right of way than Alternative 1.
    The scoping process was initiated in 1993 by contacting, by letter 
and newspaper notices, elected officials, federal, state, regional and 
local agencies as well as corridor residents. The scoping process is 
tentatively completed with a scoping summary report prepared.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments 
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be 
directed to the FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulations 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this 
program)

    Issued on: June 2, 1994.
Douglas Bennett,
Acting Chief, District Operations ``B'', Federal Highway 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-14045 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]
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