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WIS 26 corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is the decision document for a major highway project like WIS 26. The EIS pulls together community and agency interests and recommends a future course of action.

An EIS is required by the National and Wisconsin Environmental Policy Acts for projects with potentially significant social, economic, natural resource and other impacts. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is the lead agency for the EIS and it is prepared in accordance with their guidelines.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement has been published and is available below. Hard copies are available for viewing at the Southwest Region Transportation Office, 2101 Wright Street, Madison.

The Record of Decision (ROD) is the final approval that is needed before an action analyzed in the EIS may be implemented. The ROD was signed by the Federal Highway Administration on September 27, 2005.

The following files are in Adobe PDF format. Some files may take longer to download due to file size and individual connection speed.

Final EIS

Title sheet and table of contents (207 KB)

Summary (1.7 MB)

Section 1 - Purpose and Need (2.3 MB)

Section 2 - Alternatives

Pages 1-26 (1.3 MB)

Pages 27-52 (1.3 MB)

Pages 53-78 (1.7 MB)

Section 3 - Affected Environment

Pages 1-44 (2.1 MB)

Pages 45-62 (1.4 MB)

Pages 63-66 (1.9 MB)

Section 4 - Environmental Consequences

Pages 1-60 (2 MB)

Pages 61-80 (1.1 MB)

Pages 81-94 (2.6 MB)

Pages 95-141 (2.1 MB)

Section 5 - Wetland Findings (54 KB)

Section 6 - Floodplain Findings (72 KB)

Section 7 - Comments and Coordination (2.2 MB)

Section 8 - Groups receiving EIS (22 KB)

Section 9 - List of Preparers (53 KB)

Section 10 - References (19 KB)

Section 11 - Index (29 KB)

Appendices

Appendix A - Pre-draft Correspondence (50 KB)

Appendix B - Post-draft Correspondence (29 KB)

Appendix C - Agricultural Impact Statement (85 KB)

Appendix D - Conceptual Stage Relocation Plan (367 KB)

Appendix E - Summary of Noise Analysis (1.3 MB)

Appendix F - Memorandum of Agreement (432 KB)

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Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - South segment Average Daily Traffic (ADT) counts (364 KB)

Exhibit 2 - Central segment ADT counts (393 KB)

Exhibit 3 - North segment ADT counts (186 KB)

Exhibit 4 - Typical roadway sections (57 KB)

Exhibit 5 - Detailed study alternatives - south segment

Index and pages 1-3 (1.9 MB)

Pages 4-6 (1.8 MB)

Exhibit 6 - Detailed study alternatives - central segment

Index and pages 1-3 (2.9 MB)

Pages 4-6 (1.9 MB)

Pages 7-10 (2.5 MB)

Exhibit 7 - Detailed study alternatives - north segment

Index and pages 1-3 (1.9 MB)

Pages 4-6 (1.9 MB)

Pages 7-10 (2.2 MB)

Exhibit 8 - Preferred alternative - south segment

Index and pages 1-3 (3.5 MB)

Pages 4-7 (5.2 MB)

Exhibit 8 - Preferred alternative - central segment

Index and pages 8-11 (3.9 MB)

Pages 12-15 (3.7 MB)

Exhibit 8 - Preferred alternative - north segment

Index and pages 16-19 (4 MB)

Pages 20-24 (4.5 MB)

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Last modified: January 4, 2006