Environmental Impact Statement: Carroll, Lafayette, and Saline Counties, Missouri

Topics:  United States Numbered Highways

Donald Neumann
Federal Highway Administration
10 June 1994

[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 111 (Friday, June 10, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-14183]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

 

Environmental Impact Statement: Carroll, Lafayette, and Saline 
Counties, Missouri

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 project 
in Carroll, Lafayette, and Saline Counties, Missouri.

for further information contact: Mr. Donald Neumann, Federal Highway 
Administration, P.O. Box 1787, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Telephone 
Number 314-636-7104; or Mr. Bob Sfreddo, Design Engineer, Missouri 
Highway and Transportation Department, P.O. Box 270, Jefferson City, MO 
65102, Telephone Number 314-751-2876.

supplementary information: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Missouri 
Highway and Transportation Department (MHTD), will prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve U.S. 
Route 65 in Carroll, Lafayette, and Saline Counties, Missouri.
    1. The proposed improvement would involve the reconstruction of 
U.S. Route 65 from immediately south of Marshall to just north of 
Carrollton. The project would be approximately 54.7 kilometers (34 
miles) long. Improvements in the corridor are considered necessary to 
(1) provide additional capacity in the U.S. Route 65 regional corridor 
between the Iowa and Arkansas state lines to accommodate increasing 
traffic, and (2) improve regional mobility and connections to major 
linkages within the corridor. The U.S. route 65 corridor is the only 
mid-state, continuous, north-south corridor across Missouri. This 
proposal also includes the replacement of a functionally obsolete 
bridge across the Missouri River.
    2. Alternatives under consideration include (1) a ``no build'' 
option; (2) using alternative travel modes; (3) phased construction of 
a four-lane freeway, with fully controlled access, substantially 
parallel to the existing route; (4) phased construction of a four-lane 
freeway substantially parallel to the existing route on a new location; 
and (5) phased construction of a four-lane freeway in an alternative 
corridor between Carrollton and Marshall.
    3. To date, preliminary information has been issued to local 
officials and other interested parties. The scoping process has been 
initiated with Federal, State, and local agencies. Formal agency and 
public scoping meetings will be held. In addition, public hearings will 
be held. Public notice will be given in advance of the date and time of 
each meeting. The draft EIS will be available prior to the public 
hearing for public review and comment. 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. Any comments or questions concerning this 
proposed action and the EIS should be directed to the FHW or the 
Missouri Highway and Transportation Department at the address provided 
above.

    Issued on: May 25, 1994.
Donald Neumann,
Program Review Engineer, Jefferson City.
[FR Doc. 94-14183 filed 6-9-94; 8:45 am]
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