[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8391]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Phelps County, Missouri
agency: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
summary: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an
environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway
project in Southeast Central, Missouri.
for further information contact: Donald Neumann, Programs Engineer,
Federal Highway Administration, Division Office, P.O. Box 1787,
Jefferson City, MO 65102, Telephone Number (573) 636-7104; or Fred
Martin, Plans Scoping Engineer, Missouri Highway and Transportation
Department, P.O. Box 270, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Telephone Number
(573) 751-2876.
supplementary information: The FHWA in cooperation with the Missouri
Highway and Transportation Department (MHTD), will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to upgrade U.S.
Route 63 from north of Rolla, near the Phelps/Maries County line, south
to approximately the intersection of U.S. Route 63 and Route W near the
city of Vida. The corridor is approximately 19.3 km (12.0 miles) in
length. The improvements are considered necessary to provide for the
existing and projected traffic demand.
Alternatives under consideration include (1) The no build option,
(2) improving existing U.S. Route 63, (3) a combination of improving
U.S. 63 north of Rolla and improving Interstate 44, (4) constructing a
bypass east or west of Rolla, and (5) transportation system management
(TSM) improvements.
Preliminary information has been issued to local officials and
other interested parties at a prelocation meeting held on February 27,
1996 in Rolla. The scoping process has been initiated with Federal,
State, and local government officials at a meeting on March 7, 1996. To
ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed action
are addressed and all significant issues are identified, comments and
suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments and
questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA or to the MHTD at the addresses provided above.
Issued on: March 28, 1996.
Donald L. Neumann,
Programs Engineer, Jefferson City, Missouri.
[FR Doc. 96-8391 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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