96-9533. Environmental Impact Statement: Anchorage, AK

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9533]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Environmental Impact Statement: Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Cancellation of Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement; Reference: Federal Register, 59 FR 46879, 9/12/94, 95 
lines.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to inform the public that an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) will not be prepared for the 
proposed upgrading and extension of Dowling Road from the Raspberry 
Road Interchange at Minnesota Drive eastward to Lake Otis Parkway. The 
scope of the proposed project has been reduced and there should be no 
significant environmental impacts as a result of this project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bryson, Right-of-Way/
Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, P.O. Box 
021648, Juneau, AK 99802-1648 or; Steven R. Horn, Preliminary Design & 
Environmental Supervisor, Alaska Department of Transportation and 
Public Facilities (ADOT&PF), P.O. Box 196900, Anchorage, AK 99519-6900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new project scope considers the 
upgrading of Dowling Road between the Old Seward Highway and Lake Otis 
Parkway, a distance approximately 1.7 km (1 mi.). The revised proposal 
would widen this segment of Dowling Road to a four-lane urban arterial 
with auxiliary lanes. Any consideration of the upgrading or extension 
of Dowling Road as defined by the original project scope will be 
deferred until a Major Investment Study (MIS) is performed for the 
area.
    The adoption of this proposal is supported by written and oral 
comments gathered during the public scoping process that commenced in 
August 1994. Public comments favored the early upgrading of the most 
heavily travelled portion of the existing roadway, but questioned the 
need for extending Dowling Road to Minnesota Drive. Since the shortened 
project would relieve traffic congestion and have independent utility, 
it was decided to reduce the project scope and defer action on the 
remainder of the route until the MIS is completed.

    Issued on April 8, 1996.
Robert E. Ruby,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Juneau, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 96-9533 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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