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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADOPTION: Douglas County, Kansas
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent
SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public of its intent to adopt
an existing Final Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations, 40 CFR Part 1506.3. The Final EIS has been
prepared and approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District,
for the South Lawrence Trafficway located in Lawrence, Kansas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wendall L. Meyer, Assistant
Division Administrator, FHWA, Kansas Division Office, 6111 SW 29th Street, Topeka,
KS 66614, Telephone: (785) 228-2544; or Mr. Corky Armstrong, Road Design
Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Dwight D. Eisenhower Building,
700 SW Harrison Street, Topeka, KS 66603-3754, Telephone: (785) 296-3901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Kansas
Department of Transportation (KDOT), intends to adopt an approved Final EIS for
the South Lawrence Trafficway located in Lawrence, Kansas. The EIS was prepared
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, as part of a Section 404
Permit Application, Permit Application Number 200101697. The Notice of Intent for
the EIS appeared in the FR, Volume 66, Number 152, August 7, 2001. The project
consists of construction of a new section of K-10 Highway beginning in Douglas County
at the existing K-10 /US 59 Highway interchange in southwest Lawrence extending
approximately six miles north and east to a location on the existing K-10 alignment near
the eastern edge of the City of Lawrence. The preferred alternative would replace the
existing K-10 route through Lawrence with a limited access freeway along the southern
edge of the city on an alignment identified as 32nd Street Alignment B. The EIS
considered the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the project. The No-
Action alternative and five roadway corridors with a total of twelve reasonable build
alternative alignments were evaluated and discussed in the Draft and Final EIS. The
FHWA will also prepare and coordinate the distribution of a Draft and Final Section 4(f)
Evaluation for the project, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Section 303. These documents
will evaluate the reasonable alternatives to determine if they are feasible and prudent as
they relate to Section 4(f). In addition, the FHWA will prepare its own Record of
Decision for the South Lawrence Trafficway alternative in accordance with 40 CFR
Part 1505.2. Comments or questions concerning these proposed actions should be
directed to the FHWA or KDOT at the addresses provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding
intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: April 3, 2006
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Wendall L. Meyer
Assistant Division Administrator
Topeka, Kansas