[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21992]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise that a Supplemental 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed 
highway improvement project on State Trunk Highway 23 in Fond du Lac 
and Sheboygan Counties, Wisconsin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIOIN CONTACT: David D. Platz, FHWA, Suite 8000, 525 
Junction Road, Madison, WI 53717-2157; Telephone: (608) 829-7509 or 
Eugene Johnson, Director, Bureau of Equity & Environmental Services, 
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 7965; Rm 451; Madison, 
WI 53707-7965; Telephone (608) 266-8216.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Wisconsin 
Department of Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a Supplemental 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for a capacity expansion on 
State Trunk Highway 23 in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties. The 
proposed facility may consist of adding two lanes of roadway adjacent 
to the existing facility, constructing interchanges and frontage roads, 
constructing a bicycle pedestrian trail, or a combination there of. The 
proposed project begins southeast of the City of Fond du Lac, near the 
intersection of Johnson Street and the USH 151 Bypass of Fond du Lac. 
Existing STH 23 travels nearly 20 miles east through the Towns of 
Empire and Forest in Fond du Lac County, and the Towns of Greenbush and 
Plymouth in Sheboygan County ending near the intersection of CTH P and 
WIS 23. The completion of such a proposed highway facility on STH 23 
would implement the recommendations of the long-term Corridors 2020 
State Plan. These recommendations include addressing the facility 
deficiencies, providing for additional capacity, accommodating local 
and through traffic, improving safety and operations, providing 
adequate regional mobility, allowing adequate access to current and 
future growth/development. The STH 23 Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) was completed in November 2004 and documents the need 
for the STH 23 expansion and includes the evaluation of several 
alternatives. Upon completion of the DEIS, WisDOT met with local public 
officials and has met often with the public to gather as much input as 
possible on the project scope. This local coordination and public 
involvement has developed a scope that includes an extension of the Old 
Plank Trail to Fond du Lac as well as future interchange locations, 
including a system to system interchange between USH 151 and STH 23 
that will be evaluated in the Supplemental DEIS.

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

    Issued on: September 3, 2009.
David J. Scott,
Field Operations/Major Projects Team Leader, Federal Highway 
Administration, Madison, Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. E9-21992 Filed 9-11-09; 8:45 am]
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