[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9612-9613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3196]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Assessment: Milwaukee County, WI

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
Environmental Assessment will be prepared for a proposed interchange 
project in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Department of 
Transportation (WisDOT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Scott, FHWA, Suite 8000 525 
Junction Road, Madison, WI 53717; Telephone: (608) 829-7522.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 
in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation 
(WisDOT), will prepare an Environmental Assessment on a proposal to 
improve the Zoo Interchange (I-94 and I-894/US 45 interchange) and 
adjacent interchanges in Milwaukee County, WI; a distance of 
approximately 7 miles. This freeway interchange has emerging pavement 
and structural needs, safety issues and design deficiencies. The 
proposed project may require full reconstruction and redesign of the 
Zoo Interchange as well as interchanges within the project limits of US 
45 and Center Street on the north, I-94 at 116th on the west, I-94 and 
76th Street on the east and I-894/US 45 at Union Pacific Railroad south 
of Greenfield Avenue on the south. The Environmental Assessment will 
evaluate the Zoo Interchange, I-94 and US 45 freeway mainline for the 
entire corridor as well as the service interchanges in Milwaukee 
County. Those service interchanges include US 45 and North Avenue, US 
45 and Swan Boulevard/Watertown Plank Road, US 45 and Wisconsin Avenue/
Bluemound Road, US 45/I-894 and Greenfield Avenue, I-94 and STH 100/
108th Street, and I-94 and 84th Street interchanges.
    The proposed Zoo Interchange project is intended to make necessary 
safety improvements and to accommodate existing and projected future 
traffic volumes through the interchange.
    Public involvement will be solicited throughout this process 
including involvement from minority and low-income populations in the 
project study area to ensure that the construction of the corridor does 
not create disproportionately high and adverse environmental and health 
impacts to these communities. Public workshops and a series of public 
information meetings will be held during the project study. Public 
notice will be given as to the time and place of all workshops and 
public information meetings. In addition, a public hearing will be held 
after the Environmental Assessment has been prepared. A Zoo Interchange 
project study email address and a public website will be maintained 
throughout

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the study for public comment and information at http://www.sefreeways.org. 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 and questions concerning the proposed action and the 
Environmental Assessment 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 on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: February 13, 2008.
David J. Scott,
Southeast Freeways Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration, 
Madison, Wisconsin.
 [FR Doc. E8-3196 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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