[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 47119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4127]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: New London County, CT

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (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 
transpiration improvements to 12.3 miles (21 km) of Interstate 95 (I-
95) in New London County, Connecticut.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley D. Keazer, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 628-2 Hebron Avenue, 
Suite 303, Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033, telephone (860) 659-6703, 
ext. 3009; or Edgar T. Hurle, Transportation Planning Director, Bureau 
of Policy and Planning, Connecticut Department of Transportation, 2800 
Berlin Turnpike, P.O. Box 317546, Newington, CT 06131-7546, telephone: 
(860) 594-2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the 
Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), will prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal for transportation 
improvements to I-95 between interchanges 70 and 84 in the towns of Old 
Lyme, East Lyme, Waterford and New London, Connecticut for a distance 
of approximately 12.3 miles (21 km).
    Improvements to the I-95 corridor are considered necessary to 
improve safety and to provide for increases in projected traffic 
volumes. Alternatives under consideration include, but are not limited 
to: (1) Taking no action; and (2) addition of a third travel lane in 
each direction. The EIS will use data and findings from two major 
deficiency and needs studies entitles ``Southeastern Connecticut 
Corridor Study'' dated January 1999 and ``I-95 Corridor Feasibility 
Study, Branford to Rhode Island'' dated December 2004. Copies of these 
studies are available from ConnDOT's Office of Environmental Planning 
at the address shown above.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and elected 
officials, and to private organizations and citizens who have 
previously expressed or are known to have an interest in this proposal. 
Public scoping meetings, public hearings and public information 
meetings will be held. Public notice will be given of the date, time 
and place of these meetings and hearings. The draft EIS will be 
available for public and agency review and comment prior to the public 
hearings. An Internet Web site will be established to provide 
information on the project which may be accessed at http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/.
    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 either the FHWA or ConnDOT 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.)

    Authority: 23 CFR part 771.

    Issued on: August 15, 2007.
Bradley D. Keazer,
Division Administrator, Hartford, Connecticut.
[FR Doc. 07-4127 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]
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