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WIS 15 (US 45-Lily of the Valley Dr.) Expansion - Schedule

Note - Jan. 30, 2013 hearing postponed for WIS 15 designation in Outagamie County due to approaching winter storm, meeting will be rescheduled to later this year.

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Current

• TBD - Hearing scheduled for WIS 15 designation in Outagamie County.
• Due to approaching winter storm, meeting will be rescheduled to later this year
• Fall 2013 - Design PIM anticipated (date TBD)
• 2013 - Design work

Future

• 2014 - Real estate acquisition scheduled to start
• 2015-late 2016 - Utility relocation anticipated
• Late 2016 - Construction scheduled to start

Past

2012

• Nov. 7, 2012 - PIM

2010

• Oct. 2010 - WIS 15 enumerated by Transportation Projects Commission (TPC)

2009

• Study completed
• Dec. 28, 2009 - Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) approved by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Summer 2009 - Preliminary (30 percent) design plans complete
• Feb. 2, 2009 - PIM

2007

• Jun. 2007 - Preferred alternative and corridor selected
• Jun. 2007 – WisDOT announces selection of Alternative 3, bypassing Hortonville to the north
• Feb. 2007 - Public hearing and open comment period for Draft EIS (DEIS)

2006

• Dec. 2006 - DEIS approved by FHWA
• Jan. 2006 - DEIS submitted to FHWA

2005

• Data collection completed and impacts to environment are qualified
• Winter 2005 - Newsletter published and PIM with project update

2004

• Fall 2004 - Agency approval of alternatives to be studied in DEIS received
• Summer 2004 - Alternatives modified and resubmitted to regulatory agencies while data collected for alternatives

2003

• Winter 2003-2004 - Data collected for each alternative is analyzed. Alternatives carried forward to study are presented to regulatory agencies
• Summer 2003 - Value Engineering Study completed and additional alternatives brought forward and shown in Aug. 2003 newsletter
• Spring-summer 2003 - Alternatives to be studied in EIS presented. Info. gathering started to evaluate cost and impacts of alternatives
• Spring 2003 - PIM

2002

• Winter 2002-2003 - WIS 15 alternatives developed with cooperation of Advisory Committee (AC) and presented to cooperating agencies
• Aug. 2002 - Second WIS 15 corridor plan completed, Greenville to US 41

2001

• Feb. 2001 - WIS 15 corridor plan completed, US 45 to Lily of the Valley Dr.

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