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Sioux Falls Eastside Corridor Environmental Assessment Open House November 7, 2002

Sioux Falls Eastside Corridor Environmental Assessment Open House November 7, 2002. Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. November 1995 Approved Sioux Falls Regional Transportation Study System of high-speed, limited access arterial roadways to serve new development. April 15, 1999

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Sioux Falls Eastside Corridor Environmental Assessment Open House November 7, 2002

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  1. Sioux Falls Eastside CorridorEnvironmental AssessmentOpen HouseNovember 7, 2002 Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.

  2. November 1995 Approved Sioux Falls Regional Transportation Study System of high-speed, limited access arterial roadways to serve new development. April 15, 1999 Approved East Side Corridor Study Report without recommending an alternative September 28, 2000 Approved Year 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan The Long-Range Transportation Plan is the comprehensive document that strives to preserve the Sioux Falls Metropolitan Transportation Planning Area’s quality of life and economic vitality by providing a safe and efficient transportation system. Background

  3. November 16, 2000 Approved Engagement of the Process Team Bob Budd, Carolyn Knobloch, Ginger Massie, Jim Nelson, Dave Queal, Jeff Schmitt, Kevin Smith, Alicia Van Bockern September 2001 Approved the Process Team’s recommended alignment January - September 2001: Process Team reviewed alternatives and conducted an intensive scoping process for a recommended corridor Monthly team meetings were held to review alignment issues Open Houses were held to present information and receive feedback Process Team was able to select a recommended corridor CAC, TAC, and UDC Committees reviewed in September 2001 October 2002 Approved Environmental Assessment (EA) draft Field investigations began in fall 2001 and continued through summer 2002 N. Alignment area - agency issues with threatened and endangered species - February 2002 EA draft signed by FHWA October 24, 2002 Background

  4. EA Document has four major parts: 1) Purpose and Need 2) Alternatives Considered 3) Environmental Consequences 4) Public Involvement Background

  5. Adequately prepare the Sioux Falls area for 2025 transportation system needs consistent with planning decisions and future construction of other public and private infrastructure investments. Prevent Study Area roadway deficiencies that will occur by the year 2025 if nothing is done. Accommodate the 2025 traffic growth needs of the Study Area. 1). Purpose and Need

  6. Past Proposals April 1999 Highway 11 / County 106 (101st Street) Majority not within 2025 Growth Area Doesn’t add capacity Too many conflict points with accesses Public concerns 49th Street Diagonal Safety issues with section line intersections Public concerns 69th Street Diagonal Safety issues with section line intersections Majority outside 2025 Growth Area Public concerns 2). Alternatives Considered

  7. EA Alternatives No Build Widen / Improve Section Line Roads New Corridor Alignment 2). Alternatives Considered

  8. Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts and Mitigation “SEE” 3). Environmental Consequences

  9. Corridor Right-of-Way Needs

  10. Effects on Utilities

  11. Effects on Private Property Access

  12. Effects on Neighborhoods

  13. No Known Impacts Warranting Mitigation for: Cultural Resources Air Quality Noise Environmental Justice Social and Economic ImpactSummary

  14. Known Impacts Warranting Mitigation for: Right of Way Acquisition Farmland Impacts Business Impacts Construction Impacts Visual Quality Impacts Hazardous Waste / Contaminated Properties Social and Economic ImpactSummary

  15. No Known Impacts Warranting Mitigation for: Federally-listed Threatened and Endangered Species Spread of Invasive Species Natural Environment Summary

  16. Known Impacts Warranting Mitigation for: State-listed Threatened and Endangered Species Water Quality Floodplains Storm Water runoff Wetlands Water Body Modification (Big Sioux River) Floodplains Natural Environment Summary

  17. Prairie Pothole Wetland

  18. Big Sioux River Floodplain Forest

  19. Native Prairie

  20. Cactus Hills

  21. Activities from February 2001 to present: Process Team Meetings Web Site Updates (siouxfalls.org/planning/Eastside/index.asp) Three Open Houses - February & August 2001; March 2002 September 2001 MPO Meetings (Recommended Preferred Build Alternative) Individual property owner mailings, meetings Official meetings - Lincoln and Minnehaha County Commissioners; City of Sioux Falls, Business Transportation Committee, Metropolitan Transportation Planning Committees 4). Public Involvement

  22. Next Steps

  23. Comments will be received on the EA document until December 14, 2002. You may mail your comments to: City Planning Office 224 West Ninth Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104 You are also welcome to call 367-8888, fax to 367-8863, or email comments to Jschmitt@siouxfalls.org

  24. THANK YOU for Attending the Sioux Falls Eastside Corridor EA Open House PLEASE VISIT the exhibits and feel free to discuss the project with staff

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