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Environmental Impact Statement: Merced County, California

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 [Federal Register: April 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 21038-21039]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr26ap01-143]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement: Merced County, California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Revised 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
expressway project in Merced County, California. A notice for this
project was originally issued January 25, 2000. Since that time a
refined traffic analysis resulted in modifying the project description.
This notice is intended to advertise the changes in the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. C. Glenn Clinton, Team Leader,
Program Delivery Team--North, Federal Highway Administration,
California Division, 980 9th Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814-
2724, Telephone: (916) 498-5020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Merced County
Department of Public Works, will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on a proposal to construct a regional arterial, known
as Campus Parkway, in Merced County. The proposed project would involve
the construction of a new limited access expressway, between the State
Route 99/Mission Avenue Interchange to the south and Yosemite Avenue to
the north. The project would be approximately 7.25 kilometers (4.5
miles) in length. The revised project, from Route 99 to Yosemite
Avenue, represents the limits necessary to meet projected demand
occurring within the twenty-year design horizon (year 2025). North of
Yosemite Avenue, transportation demand is not projected to reach a
level necessitating further improvements until well beyond 2025.
However, a future connection with Bellevue Road represents a logical
connection with the existing roadway network that is a reasonably
foreseeable action that could occur post 2025. To address cumulative
impacts, the EIS

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will also identify and analyze potential transportation corridors
between Yosemite Avenue and Bellevue Road. No construction or right-of-
way acquisition north of Yosemite Avenue is proposed to be included as
part of this project.
    The purpose (focused end result) of the Campus Parkway project is a
transportation corridor that supplies sufficient capacity and
connectivity to serve the northern and eastern portions of the City of
Merced through the year 2025. Alternatives under consideration include:
(1) Taking no action; and, (2) constructing a limited access expressway
with the appropriate number of lanes to serve the anticipated demand
for the design horizon (2025) within the right-of-way necessary to
support the number of lanes required for the ultimate build-out of the
Merced area. Three alternatives alignments have been identified that
will be analyzed in the EIS.
    Other proposed projects and actions that are likely to have an
impact on the Campus Parkway project will be evaluated, including the
potential cumulative impacts of the proposed UC Merced and adjacent
University Community.
    Public information meetings and a public hearing will be held for
this project. A letter advising these meetings and hearing will be sent
to appropriate Federal, State, and Local agencies as well as to private
organizations and individuals who have expressed an interest in this
project. The draft EIS will be available for public and agency review
and comment prior to the public hearing. No formal scoping meeting is
planned at this time.
    To ensure that the full range of issues relate to this proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues are identified,
comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS
should be directed to the FHWA at the address provided above. Comments
received that responded to the January 25, 2000 notice will still be
addressed, as well as any additional responses received as a result of
this notice.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance program Number 20.205,
Highway research, Planning and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this
program)

    Issued on: April 12, 2001.
Glenn Clinton,
Team Leader, Program Delivery Team--North Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. 01-10305 Filed 4-25-01; 8:45 am]
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