2018 Project Update
As of December 2017, the project team has completed the required environmental review and approved the Categorical Exclusion (CE) document
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. This process included coordination with multiple stakeholders and agencies in evaluating cultural, wetland, fish and wildlife, and social impacts.
Geotechnical reconnaissance also concluded over the summer of 2017 which included rock slope drilling, pavement coring and shoreline mapping. Preliminary reports and recommendations from the geotechnical program are currently being developed to be used for final design. Phase I design will progress through 2018 as well as the ROW process for acquiring property for construction.
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The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by DOT&PF pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated November 3, 2017 and executed by FHWA and DOT&PF.
