Tier 1, US 8 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Preferred alternative

Tier 1, US 8 EIS

Final EIS

Tier 1, US 8 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - Preferred alternative

Because of the 40-mile project length, the corridor was divided into seven individual segments for study and each segment had one or more alternatives to the No-build alternative.

The preferred alternative is a four-lane roadway corridor selected after consideration of impacts and through local and agency coordination. The preferred alternative is a combination of preferred segment alternatives for each of the seven segments although in Segment V (Turtle Lake area) WisDOT will continue to evaluate preferred alternatives as part of its Tier 2 study process. The preferred alternative segments are outlined in the table below.

US 8 preferred alternative (Four-lane roadway)

Segment	Segment limits	Preferred alternative
I	200th Street to 120th Street	Deer Lake far southern realignment
II	120th Street to County E	Apple River/Clover Lake on-alignment
III	County E to 50th Street	Range southern realignment
IV	50th Street to 15th Street	Joel Flowage on-alignment
V	15th Street to 5th Street	Turtle Lake preferred alternative to be evaluated further in Tier 2 Turtle Lake Alternative 1 (short south bypass) Turtle Lake Alternative 2 (long south bypass) Turtle Lake Alternative 3 (northern bypass) Turtle Lake Alternative 4 (through-town)
VI	5th Street to Sweeny Pond Creek	Poskin southern realignment
VII	Sweeny Pond Creek to US 53	Barron alternative A (short south bypass)

US 8 roadway sign.

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Preferred alternative

Project segments alternatives

Deer Lake
Apple River/Clover Lake
Range
Joel Flowage
Turtle Lake
Poskin
Barron