[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 97 (Monday, May 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28855-28856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11107]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Milwaukee County, WI

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 
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 Impact Statement on a proposal 
to improve the Zoo Interchange (I-94 and I-894/U.S. 45 interchange) and 
adjacent interchanges in Milwaukee County, WI. 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 study area in the vicinity of: U.S. 45 
at Burleigh Street on the north and I-894/U.S. 45 at Lincoln Avenue on 
the south (5.5 miles), I-94 at 124th Street on the west, and I-94 at 
70th Street on the east (3.5 miles). The Environmental Impact Statement 
will evaluate the Zoo Interchange, I-94 and U.S. 45 freeway mainline 
for the entire corridor as well as the service interchanges in 
Milwaukee County. Those service interchanges within these limits 
include U.S. 45 and North Avenue, U.S. 45 and Swan Boulevard/Watertown 
Plank Road, U.S. 45 and Wisconsin Avenue/Bluemound Road, U.S. 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. 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 Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared. A Zoo Interchange 
project study e-mail address, [email protected], and a 
public Web site will be maintained throughout 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

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significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited 
from all interested parties. Comments and questions concerning the 
proposed action and the Environmental Impact Statement 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: May 13, 2008.
David J. Scott,
Southeast Freeways Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration, 
Madison, Wisconsin.
 [FR Doc. E8-11107 Filed 5-16-08; 8:45 am]
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