Final Environmental Impact Study and Record of Decision
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Record of Decision (Adobe PDF)
- Record of Decision – 4.7 MB
- Comments and Responses for the Final EIS – 704 KB
- Reproductions of Comments for the Final EIS – 21.6 MB
UDOT Executive Director Carlos Braceras signs the Final Environmental Impact Statement
Final EIS (Adobe PDF)
- Environmental Study Update – Final EIS – 1.2 MB
- Final EIS Hard Copy Locations – 481 KB
- Wetland and Wildlife Mitigation Plan – 598 KB
Volume 1
- Cover – 775 KB
- Cover Sheet – 128 KB
- Table of Contents – Volume 1 – 57 KB
- Executive Summary – 1.2 MB
- Chapter 1 – Purpose and Need – 298 KB
- Chapter 2 – Alternatives – 720 KB
- Appendix 2A – Alternatives Correspondence – 753 KB
- Chapter 3 – Land Use – 288 KB
- Chapter 4 – Farmland – 301 KB
- Appendix 4A – Farmland Impact Rating Form – 1.7 MB
- Appendix 4B – Farmland Correspondence – 2.1 MB
- Appendix 4C – Agriculture Protected Areas – 13 KB
- Chapter 5 – Community Impacts – 429 KB
- Appendix 5A – Relocations and Potential Relocations in the Community Impact Analysis Area – 47 KB
- Chapter 6 – Environmental Justice – 187 KB
- Chapter 7 – Transportation – 255 KB
Volume 2
- Table of Contents – Volume 2 – 59 KB
- Chapter 8 – Economics – 266 KB
- Appendix 8A – Tables and Calculations in Support of the Economics Analysis – 13 KB
- Chapter 9 – Joint Development – 77 KB
- Chapter 10 – Considerations Related to Pedestrians and Bicyclists – 114 KB
- Chapter 11 – Air Quality – 292 KB
- Appendix 11A – Air Quality Technical Report – 135 KB
- Chapter 12 – Noise – 155 KB
- Appendix 12A – Barrier Mitigation Tables – 48 KB
- Chapter 13 – Water Quality – 288 KB
- Chapter 14 – Ecosystem Resources – 789 KB
- Appendix 14A – Habitat Fragmentation Analysis – 19 KB
- Appendix 14B – Ecosystems Correspondence – 4.1 MB
- Appendix 14C – Expanded Summary Table of Ecosystem Impacts from the WDC Action Alternatives – 21 KB
- Chapter 15 – Floodplains – 158 KB
- Chapter 16 – Historic, Archaeological, and Paleontological Resources – 181 KB
- Appendix 16A – NRHP-Eligible Resources Affected by the Project – 23 KB
- Appendix 16B – Correspondence Pertaining to Historic, Archaeological, and Paleontological Resources – 10.9 MB
Volume 3
- Table of Contents – Volume 3 – 53 KB
- Chapter 17 – Hazardous Waste Sites – 85 KB
- Chapter 18 – Visual Resources – 1.7 MB
- Appendix 18A – Photosimulations – 626 KB
- Chapter 19 – Energy Impacts – 82 KB
- Chapter 20 – Construction Impacts – 109 KB
- Chapter 21 – Short-Term Uses versus Long-Term Productivity – 16 KB
- Chapter 22 – Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources – 17 KB
- Chapter 23 – Indirect Effects – 183 KB
- Chapter 24 – Cumulative Impacts – 650 KB
- Chapter 25 – Permits and Clearances – 98 KB
- Chapter 26 – Mitigation Summary – 198 KB
- Chapter 27 – Section 4(f)/6(f) Evaluation – 727 KB
- Appendix 27A – Section 4(f) Correspondence – 10.9 MB
- Chapter 28 – List of Preparers – 31 KB
- Chapter 29 – Distribution – 23 KB
- Chapter 30 – Public and Agency Consultation and Coordination – 354 KB
- Appendix 30A – Agency Coordination – 39 KB
- Chapter 31 – Index – 74 KB
Volume 4
- Table of Contents – Volume 4 – 99 KB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Chapter 1 – 5 MB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Chapter 2 – 8.3 MB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Chapter 3-11 – 10.1 MB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Chapter 12-13 – 13.9 MB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Chapter 14-24 – 11.5 MB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Chapter 27-30 – 17.5 MB
- Figures and Roadway Plans – Roadway Plans – 11.2 MB
Volume 5
- Table of Comments – Volume 5 – 43 KB
- Chapter 32 – Response to Comments – 1.3 MB
- Appendix 32A – Commenter and Response Matrix – 288 KB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 1 – 7.1 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 2 – 6.7 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 3 – 2.4 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 4 – 12.5 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 5 – 6.8 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 6 – 13.7 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 7 – 11.2 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 8 – 8.1 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 9A – 9.7 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 9B – 11.4 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 10A – 16.9 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 10B – 11.5 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 11 – 11 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 12 – 4.7 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 13 – 4.5 MB
- Appendix 32B – Reproductions of Comments on the Draft EIS – Part 14 – 3.3 MB
Final EIS Handout
- Final EIS – Study Update July 2017 – 1.2 MB
Final EIS Technical Memos
- Re-evaluation of the West – 1.3 MB
- Technical Memo 1 – EIS Planning Horizon – 102 KB
- Technical Memo 2 – No-Action (No Build) Alternative – 221 KB
- Technical Memo 3 – EIS Transportation Need Study Area – 1.6 MB
- Technical Memo 4 – Travel Demand Model and Operations Methodology – 88 KB
- Technical Memo 5 – Status of Elevation Data and Imagery – 166 KB
- Technical Memo 6 – Supplemental – Existing Conditions – 3 MB
- Technical Memo 7 – 2040 Base Travel Demand Model – 19.8 MB
- Technical Memo 8 – Wetland Assessment Methodology – 400 KB
- Technical Memo 8 – 2011 Supplement to the Preliminary Wetland Study Results Report – 1.9 MB
- Technical Memo 9 – Wildlife Assessment Methodology – Existing Conditions – 440 KB
- Technical Memo 10 – Historic Properties Assessment Methodology – 288 KB
- Technical Memo 11 – Purpose and Need Comparison – 94 KB
- Technical Memo 12 – West Davis Corridor Study – Major Utility Data – 1.2 MB
- Technical Memo 13 – Alternatives Development and Screening Process – 213 KB
- Technical Memo 14 – Level 2 Screening Process – 139 KB
- Technical Memo 15 – Alternatives Screening Report – 6.6 MB
- Technical Memo 15 – FEIS Addendum: Alternatives Screening Report – 1.7 MB
- Technical Memo 16 – Level 2 Screening Alternatives Cost Estimate – 222 KB
- Technical Memo 17 – Wildlife Analysis Methodology – 241 KB
- Technical Memo 18 – UDOT’s Draft EIS Locally Preferred Alternative – 505 KB
- Technical Memo 19 – Traffic Performance and Engineering Design of Shepard Lane and Glovers Lane Area Alternatives – 763 KB
- Technical Memo 20 – Cost Estimates for WDC Alternatives in the DEIS – 182 KB
- Technical Memo 21 – No-Action Alternative and Land Use Assumption Methodology – 268 KB
- Technical Memo 22 – Syracuse Arts Academy Traffic Study – 1 MB
- Technical Memo 23 – Glovers Interchange Design Selection – 4.6 MB
- Technical Memo 24 – Shepard Lane Interchange Design Selection – 5.4 MB
- Technical Memo 25 – Section 404(b)(1) Practicability Analysis – 2.1 MB
- Technical Memo 25 – Section 404(b)(1) Practicability Analysis – 2016 Addendum – 96 KB
- Technical Memo 26 – West Davis Corridor Transit Study – 1.7 MB
- Technical Memo 27 – 2013 Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Surveys – 2.8 MB
- Technical Memo 27 – Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Surveys 2016 Addendum – 69 KB
- Technical Memo 28 – Interstate Access Change Request – 8 MB
- Technical Memo 29 – Shepard Lane Interchange Section 404(b)(1) Practicability and NEPA Reasonable Alternative Analysis – 1.4 MB
- Technical Memo 30 – Southern Connection to I-15 and Legacy Parkway Section 404(b)(1) Practicability Analysis – 3.5 MB
- Technical Memo 31 – Cost Estimates for WDC Alternatives in the Final EIS – 280 KB
- Technical Memo 32 – FHWA and UDOT Preferred Alternative – 411 KB
- Technical Memo 33 – Aquatic Resource Delineation Report – 103 MB
Final EIS Video