Reasonably Foreseeable Effects

If a project is proposed to be an environmental impact statement (EIS) or if a project has any of the scenarios stated in the bullets below, consult the region environmental coordinator who will coordinate with the EPDS liaison on next steps.

  • Economic development as an element of the purpose and need
  • Construction of one or more new or additional through lanes
  • Construction of a new interchange or elimination of an existing interchange
  • Construction of one or more additional ramps or relocation of a ramp lane to a new quadrant on an existing interchange
  • Relocation of an existing roadway to a new alignment (this does not include minor modifications to the existing roadway alignment)
  • Changing an at-grade intersection to a grade-separated intersection with no access or a grade-separated intersection to an at-grade intersection
  • Construction of one or more additional intersections along the mainline created by a new side road access
  • One or more new access points along a side road within 500' of the mainline