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I -95 Corridor Planning & Finance Study
Agency Steering Committee Meeting
December 15, 2011
ASC Meeting Objectives
• Study updates
• Next steps
I -95 Study Update
• Submitted tolling authority application to FHWA
• Completed preliminary traffic model & alternatives
analysis
• Developed Environmental Assessment
• Nearing completion of Finance & Phasing Plan
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Tolling Authority
• Submitted ISRRPP application to FHWA
— Allows tolling of existing interstate facilities
— Requires NEPA document & construction contract
— Toll rates /locations determined by the state
— Toll revenue used only on I -95 corridor
— Toll implementation
NEPA Documents
• Federal action: Feasibility of tolling
• Includes study data, analyses & recommendations
• Limited impacts analysis
• Expect approved EA by end of 2011
• FONSI to be completed after public hearings
Next Steps
• Completion of Finance & Phasing Plan
• Obtain tolling authority
• Public Hearings
• Development/Approval of FONSI
• Phase I project planning & construction
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Project Timeline
• Project IOCkoff
October 2009
• Public Workshops
August 2010
• Needs Assessment
August 2010
• AI[ematives Analysis
November 2011
• Traffic Model & Estimates
November 2011
• Environmental Assessment
December 2011
• Finance & Phasing Plan
January 2012
• Public Hearings
February 2012
• FONSI
May 2012
Future ASC Meetings
• Spring 2011:
— Report findings
— Public Hearing feedback
Questions?
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