Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 90 / Thursday, May 10, 2007 / Notices 26679 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: Los 

Angeles County, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for the proposed 

Interstate 5 (I–5) High Occupancy 

Vehicle (HOV)/Truck Lanes project in 

the City of Santa Clarita and the County 

of Los Angeles, California, in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Healow, FHWA California 

Division, 650 Capitol Mall, #4–100, 

Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone: 916–

498–5849, or Carlos Montez, California 

Department of Transportation, 100 

South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 

90012, telephone: 213–897–9116. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), will prepare an EIS on a 

proposal to widen existing I–5 to 

include truck climbing lanes and HOV 

lanes. This I–5 project extends from 

State Route 14 (SR–14) on the south to 

Parker Road on the north, a distance of 

approximately 13.6 miles. The proposed 

improvements include extending the 

existing HOV lanes on I–5 from SR–14 

to Parker Road (approximately 13 miles) 

and adding truck climbing lanes 

between SR–14 interchange and 

Calgrove Boulevard (northbound) and 

Pico Canyon Road/Lyons Avenue 

(southbound), a distance of three to four 

miles. Analysis supporting the EIS will 

determine the type of facility necessary 

to meet the existing and future 

transportation needs in the corridor. 

Due to traffic volumes, truck traffic, and 

substantial planned development, the 

capacity of the existing corridor will be 

exceeded. The proposed EIS will 

evaluate a constrained alternative, 

which would provide one HOV lane in 

each direction from SR–14 to Parker 

Road, and truck climbing lanes in each 

direction from SR–14 to Calgrove 

Boulevard (NB) and Pico Canyon Road/ 

Lyons Road (SB). This constrained 

alternative would provide standard lane 

widths. The EIS would also evaluate a 

standard alternative, which includes the 

same HOV and truck lanes, as described 

above, and standard lane widths and 

full shoulders. A no build alternative 

will also be evaluated. 

The public information program and 

project development team (PDT) 

meetings will continue throughout the 

environmental and design phases for the 

proposed project. The Draft EIS will be 

available for public and agency review 

and comment. A public hearing will be 

held to discuss the alternatives and the 

potential impacts of the proposed 

action. Public notice will be given for 

the time and place of the public hearing. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

addressed and all significant concerns 

are identified, comments and 

suggestions are invited from all 

interested parties. Comments or 

questions about this proposed action 

and the EIS should be directed to 

FHWA and Caltrans at the addresses 

indicated 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.) 

Issued on: May 3, 2007. 

Maiser Khaled, 

Director, Project Development & 

Environment, California Division, Federal 

Highway Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–8937 Filed 5–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: San 

Bernardino County, CA 

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 prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

realignment and widening of State 

Route 58 Freeway (SR–58) located west 

of the City of Barstow near the 

community of Hinkley in San 

Bernardino County, California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tay 

Dam, Senior Project Development 

Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, 888 South Figueroa, 

Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 90017. 

Telephone: (213) 202–3954. Boniface 

Udotor, California Department of 

Transportation District 8, 464 W. Fourth 

Street, San Bernardino, CA 92401. 

Telephone: (909) 383–1387. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the 

California Department of 

Transportation, District 8, will prepare 

an EIS to realign and widen SR–58 from 

a two-lane conventional highway to a 

four-lane expressway/freeway west of 

the City of Barstow near the community 

of Hinkley (between Post Mile 21.8 and 

Post Mile 31.1) in San Bernardino 

County, California. The project length is 

approximately 10 miles long. As 

proposed, the EIS document would 

address the following current and future 

transportation issues for this area: 

• This section of SR–58 is currently a 

nonstandard two-lane conventional 

highway between a four-lane freeway to 

the west and a four-lane freeway to the 

east. The existing highway section has 

insufficient capacity to handle present 

and future travel demands, which is 

forecasted to be more than double the 

year 2030. Since SR–58 remains the 

main east-west corridor for interregional 

travelers, no other viable alternatives for 

travel exist. This proposed project will 

close one gap in lane continuity and 

remove the bottleneck condition. 

• The existing two-lane highway has 

numerous driveways and intersecting 

cross-streets, which present numerous 

conflict points affecting the operation of 

the highway. Upgrading from a nonstandard two-lane highway to a fullstandard four-lane expressway/freeway 

would allow for better passing and 

increased sight distance. A separated 

median would reduce the risk of headon collisions. A clearance zone (clear 

recovery zone) from the edge of the 

traveled way to obstructions would 

provide an unobstructed roadside for 

errant drivers to regain control. 

• The pavement section of SR–58 for 

this area is inadequate to handle the 

high movement of truck volumes, which 

are contributing to rising maintenance 

costs. It is expected that SR–58 will 

continue to carry high truck volumes 

because the route is designated for 

extra-legal and oversized loads. 

Currently, SR–58 serves as the major 

connection point between I–15 in 

Bakersfield and the I–15/I–40 in 

Barstow. A new pavement design would 

meet standards for carrying truckloads 

and reduce future maintenance costs. 

A preferred alternative has not been 

selected at this point. The following 

four alternatives will be addressed in 

the EIS document: 

• Alternative 1: No Build. Under this 

alternative, the capacity of SR–58 would 

remain the same as current traffic 

conditions continue to worsen while 

local developments take place. This 

alternative would not address the 

transportation issues described above. 


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