Notice of Intent (for NEPA EIS); Environmental Impact Statement: Erie County, NY, 61209 [E7-21214]
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Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Intent (for NEPA EIS);
Environmental Impact Statement: Erie
County, NY
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an
environmental impact statement will be
prepared for proposed highway project:
NYS Route 198 (Scajaquada
Expressway) Corridor, PIN 5470.22, I–
190 to NYS Route 33, City of Buffalo,
Erie County, New York.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan E. Taylor, Regional Director,
NYSDOT Region 5; 100 Seneca Street,
Buffalo NY 14203, Telephone: 716–847–
3238; or Amy Jackson-Grove, Acting
Division Administrator, Federal
Highway Administration, New York
division, Leo W. O’Brien Federal
Building, 9th Floor, Clinton Avenue and
North Pearl Street, Albany, New York
12207, Telephone: (518) 431–4127.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the New
York State Department of
Transportation (NYSDOT) will prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) on a proposal to improve NYS
Route 198 in Erie County, New York.
The proposed improvement would
involve the rehabilitation or
reconstruction of the existing route
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between Interstate 190 and NYS Route
33 in the City of Buffalo for a distance
of about 3.3 miles.
NYS Route 198 (the Scajaquada
Expressway) is an Urban Principal
Arterial Expressway on the National
Highway System connecting Interstate
190 and NYS Route 33 with traffic
volumes between 34,000 and 54,000
vehicles per day, a design speed of 55
mph, and grade separated interchanges.
The expressway is subject to congestion
(a poor Level of Service at several
intersections) and accidents (higher
than expected rates), with a portion of
the corridor identified as having ‘‘severe
safety needs.’’ There are also areas of
poor pavement conditions and failing
drainage systems. The expressway
facility is at odds with the context of the
surrounding culturally rich community
resources, including a nationally
renowned art gallery, an historic
Olmsted-designed park, an historic
cemetery, historic buildings, higher
education institutions and residential
neighborhoods. The expressway acts as
a barrier, dividing the park and
hindering the use of these resources by
the community including pedestrians
and bicyclists. A transportation facility
is needed that balances the need to be
in harmony with the surrounding
community character with the need to
provide safe and efficient transportation
service for all modes of transportation
through the affected area.
The range of alternatives will include
no action and give consideration to
design components derived from a
previous study that investigated
changing the expressway character of
the existing facility by eliminating grade
separated interchanges and providing
design elements appropriate to an
arterial including at-grade intersections
with signals or roundabouts.
Alternatives studied may include
rehabilitation of the existing roadway,
as well as full reconstruction including
new curbs, highway drainage,
sidewalks, bicycle paths and shared-use
facilities, improved highway lighting
and signing, and landscape
enhancements. Areas of concern
emphasized in the study will include
potential environmental impacts upon
the adjacent neighborhoods, parks,
cultural resources, air quality and
surface waters from construction, traffic
and traffic noise. Additional input from
Participating and Cooperating Agencies,
and from the public, will be necessary
before a final decision will be made
regarding the full range of alternatives to
be studied.
Letters describing the proposed action
and soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State, and local
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agencies, and to private organizations
and citizens who have previously
expressed interest in this proposal. A
series of public information meetings
will be held in the City of Buffalo
between November 2007 and February
2010. In addition, a public hearing will
be held. Public notice will be given of
the time and place of the meetings and
hearings. The draft EIS will be available
for public and agency review and
comment. A formal NEPA scoping
meeting will be held in the lecture hall
of the main building at Medaille
College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY
14214 on November 28 at 6 p.m.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues
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 NYSDOT or FHWA at
the addresses provided above.
(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.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; U.S.C. 771.123.
Issued on: October 17, 2007.
Amy Jackson-Grove,
Acting Division Administrator, Federal
Highway Administration, Albany, New York.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Intent (for NEPA EIS); Environmental Impact Statement:
Erie County, NY
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: 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 proposed highway
project: NYS Route 198 (Scajaquada Expressway) Corridor, PIN 5470.22,
I-190 to NYS Route 33, City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan E. Taylor, Regional Director,
NYSDOT Region 5; 100 Seneca Street, Buffalo NY 14203, Telephone: 716-
847-3238; or Amy Jackson-Grove, Acting Division Administrator, Federal
Highway Administration, New York division, Leo W. O'Brien Federal
Building, 9th Floor, Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street, Albany, New
York 12207, Telephone: (518) 431-4127.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the New York
State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve NYS Route
198 in Erie County, New York. The proposed improvement would involve
the rehabilitation or reconstruction of the existing route between
Interstate 190 and NYS Route 33 in the City of Buffalo for a distance
of about 3.3 miles.
NYS Route 198 (the Scajaquada Expressway) is an Urban Principal
Arterial Expressway on the National Highway System connecting
Interstate 190 and NYS Route 33 with traffic volumes between 34,000 and
54,000 vehicles per day, a design speed of 55 mph, and grade separated
interchanges. The expressway is subject to congestion (a poor Level of
Service at several intersections) and accidents (higher than expected
rates), with a portion of the corridor identified as having ``severe
safety needs.'' There are also areas of poor pavement conditions and
failing drainage systems. The expressway facility is at odds with the
context of the surrounding culturally rich community resources,
including a nationally renowned art gallery, an historic Olmsted-
designed park, an historic cemetery, historic buildings, higher
education institutions and residential neighborhoods. The expressway
acts as a barrier, dividing the park and hindering the use of these
resources by the community including pedestrians and bicyclists. A
transportation facility is needed that balances the need to be in
harmony with the surrounding community character with the need to
provide safe and efficient transportation service for all modes of
transportation through the affected area.
The range of alternatives will include no action and give
consideration to design components derived from a previous study that
investigated changing the expressway character of the existing facility
by eliminating grade separated interchanges and providing design
elements appropriate to an arterial including at-grade intersections
with signals or roundabouts. Alternatives studied may include
rehabilitation of the existing roadway, as well as full reconstruction
including new curbs, highway drainage, sidewalks, bicycle paths and
shared-use facilities, improved highway lighting and signing, and
landscape enhancements. Areas of concern emphasized in the study will
include potential environmental impacts upon the adjacent
neighborhoods, parks, cultural resources, air quality and surface
waters from construction, traffic and traffic noise. Additional input
from Participating and Cooperating Agencies, and from the public, will
be necessary before a final decision will be made regarding the full
range of alternatives to be studied.
Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed
interest in this proposal. A series of public information meetings will
be held in the City of Buffalo between November 2007 and February 2010.
In addition, a public hearing will be held. Public notice will be given
of the time and place of the meetings and hearings. The draft EIS will
be available for public and agency review and comment. A formal NEPA
scoping meeting will be held in the lecture hall of the main building
at Medaille College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214 on November
28 at 6 p.m.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues 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 NYSDOT or FHWA at the addresses provided above.
(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.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; U.S.C. 771.123.
Issued on: October 17, 2007.
Amy Jackson-Grove,
Acting Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Albany,
New York.
[FR Doc. E7-21214 Filed 10-26-07; 8:45 am]
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