[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15085]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Oakland County, MI

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 the I-75 Oakland 
County Planning/Environmental Study.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Kirschensteiner, Assistant 
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 315 West 
Allegan Street, Room 207, Lansing, Michigan 48933, Telephone: (517) 
702-1835, Fax: 377-1804, email [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Michigan 
Department of Transportation, will prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) on a proposal to add an additional through travel land 
in each direction on I-75 between 8-Mile Road and M-59 to bring the 
total number of through travel lanes to four in each direction, 
together with other improvements. Improvements are considered necessary 
to provide for improved travel on I-75, which is already highly 
congested through much of the day. The EIS will include the evaluation 
of recommendations from the previous I-75 Corridor Feasibility Study 
(November 2000), including a through analysis of transit alternatives 
utilizing the Southeast Michigan Council of governments (SEMCOG) 
Transit Vision and the 1999 Southeast Michigan High Occupancy Vehicle 
(HOV) Feasibility Study. The Feasibility Study recommended the addition 
of a fourth lane in those areas where it is needed to provide four 
through lanes, improving several interchanges, and implementing 
intelligent transportation systems (ITS) throughout the corridor.
    Alternatives under consideration include (1) taking no action; (2) 
providing mass transit; (3) implementing transportation system 
management and/or transportation demand management techniques; (4) 
developing the proposed lanes for use either all day or during a 
portion of the day by high occupancy vehicles (carpools, vanpool, and 
buses) only; and (5) developing normal, unrestricted freeway travel 
lanes.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, and to 
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are 
known to have an interest in this proposal. Five rounds of public 
meetings were held during the Feasibility Study phase during 1999 and 
2000. Additional meetings and a public hearing are planned. Public 
notice will be given of the time and place of the hearing(s). The draft 
EIS will be available for public and agency review and comment prior to 
the public hearing. NO formal scoping meeting is planned at this time.
    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 Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation of 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)

    Issued on May 30, 2002
James J. Steele,
Division Administrator Lansing, Michigan.
[FR Doc. 02-15085 Filed 6-13-02; 8:45 am]
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