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the

effe

cts

a tra

nspo

rtatio

n pr

ojec

t w

ill ha

ve

on

the

natu

ral

and

hum

an

envir

onm

ent.

A C

ateg

orica

l Exc

lusio

n (C

E) is

a p

roje

ct o

r a ca

tego

ry

of a

ctio

ns w

hich

do

not in

divid

ually

or c

umul

ative

ly ha

ve a

sign

ifican

t en

viron

men

tal i

mpa

ct, a

nd a

re e

xclu

ded

from

the

requ

irem

ent t

o pr

epar

e an

Env

ironm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent (

EA) o

r an

Envir

onm

enta

l Im

pact

St

atem

ent

(EIS

). A

CE

dete

rmin

es

the

leve

l of

do

cum

enta

tion

requ

ired

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e N

atio

nal E

nviro

nmen

tal

Polic

y Act

(NEP

A) o

f 196

9. A

Typ

e 2

Cat

egor

ical E

xclu

sion

(CE)

is

bein

g pr

epar

ed, w

hich

con

tain

s th

e re

sults

of a

nalys

es o

f pot

entia

l ef

fect

s to

the

socia

l, cul

tura

l, nat

ural

and

phy

sical

env

ironm

ent.

PRO

JECT

DES

CRIP

TIO

N A

ND

NEE

D

US

41 is

a m

ajor

nor

th-s

outh

arte

rial th

at p

rovid

es a

cces

s to

Tam

pa,

Lutz

, Lan

d O

' Lak

es, a

nd B

rook

sville

. Sta

te R

oad

(SR

) 54

is a

maj

or

east

-wes

t arte

rial th

at c

onne

cts

US

19 n

ear N

ew P

ort R

ichey

to th

e w

est a

nd U

S 30

1 in

Zep

hyrh

ills to

the

east

. The

focu

s of

this

stud

y is

to e

valu

ate

capa

city

and

oper

atio

nal

impr

ovem

ents

to

mee

t ex

istin

g an

d pr

ojec

ted

traffic

dem

and

resu

lting

from

dev

elop

men

t in

Pasc

o C

ount

y. A

s man

y as 9

9,00

0 ve

hicle

s per

day

curre

ntly

trave

l th

roug

h th

is in

ters

ectio

n, a

nd it

is im

porta

nt to

con

sider

how

this

corri

dor w

ill co

ntin

ue to

ser

ve th

is re

gion

in th

e fu

ture

.

The

need

for

inte

rsec

tion

impr

ovem

ents

is b

ased

on

seve

ral

fact

ors:

• By

the

year

204

0, tr

affic

usi

ng th

e in

ters

ectio

n is

exp

ecte

d to

in

crea

se f

rom

the

cur

rent

99,

000

vehi

cles

per

day

to

an

estim

ated

208

,000

veh

icle

s pe

r day

;•

US

41 a

nd S

R 5

4 ar

e bo

th d

esig

nate

d em

erge

ncy

evac

uatio

n ro

utes

; •

The

US

41/S

R 5

4 in

ters

ectio

n’s

cras

h ra

te is

hig

her t

han

the

stat

ewid

e av

erag

e;•

Both

US

41 a

nd S

R 5

4 ar

e pa

rt of

the

reg

iona

l ro

adw

ay

netw

ork

iden

tifie

d by

the

Wes

t Cen

tral F

lorid

a M

PO’s

Cha

irs

Coo

rdin

atin

g C

omm

ittee

; and

• U

S 41

and

SR

54

are

desg

inat

ed a

s R

egio

nal F

reig

ht M

obilit

y C

orrid

ors,

and

pro

vide

acc

ess

to re

gion

al in

term

odal

faci

lities

, in

clud

ing

Tam

pa I

nter

natio

nal A

irpor

t, Po

rt Ta

mpa

Bay

, an

d Po

rt M

anat

ee.

The

prop

osed

pr

ojec

t is

in

clud

ed

in

the

Pasc

o C

ount

y M

etro

polita

n Pl

anni

ng

Org

aniz

atio

n (M

PO)

2040

C

ost

Affo

rdab

le L

ong

Ran

ge T

rans

porta

tion

Plan

(LR

TP) a

s a

grad

e se

para

ted

inte

rsec

tion.

REC

OM

MEN

DED

BU

ILD

A

LTER

NA

TIV

ETh

e stu

dy is

cons

ider

ing

two

reco

mm

ende

d bu

ild al

tern

ative

s fo

r the

impr

ovem

ents

at U

S 41

and

SR

54 -

Alte

rnat

ives

3A

and

3C. B

oth

reco

mm

ende

d alt

erna

tives

are

grad

e-se

para

ted

inte

rcha

nges

, wi

th S

R 54

ele

vate

d ov

er U

S 41

. B

oth

alter

nativ

es

requ

ire

addi

tiona

l rig

ht

of

way.

Each

re

com

men

ded

alter

nativ

e wa

s ev

aluat

ed to

ope

rate

with

and

wi

thou

t tol

led

thro

ugh

lanes

on

SR 5

4 cr

ossin

g ov

er U

S 41

. If

the t

oll o

ptio

n is s

elec

ted,

driv

ers w

ould

have

the o

ptio

n to

use

the

elev

ated

lane

s by

pay

ing

a to

ll or

tra

vel t

hrou

gh t

he

inte

rsec

tion

at-g

rade

with

out p

ayin

g a t

oll.

This

optio

n ap

plie

s to

bot

h alt

erna

tives

.

Alte

rnat

ive 3

A wi

ll co

nstru

ct a

new

inte

rcha

nge

whic

h wi

ll in

clud

e th

ree

left

turn

lane

s in

each

dire

ctio

n an

d tw

o or

thre

e rig

ht tu

rn la

nes

in e

ach

dire

ctio

n. A

ltern

ative

3A

will

prov

ide

four

thr

ough

lane

s on

US

41 in

eac

h di

rect

ion,

and

two

th

roug

h lan

es a

t-gra

de a

nd t

wo e

leva

ted

thro

ugh

lanes

in

each

dire

ctio

n on

SR

54.

Addi

tiona

l rig

ht-o

f-way

will

be

requ

ired

to

cons

truct

th

ese

impr

ovem

ents

. Th

e re

com

men

ded

Build

Alte

rnat

ive 3

A is

estim

ated

to

cost

$1

59.9

milli

on d

ollar

s.

Alte

rnat

ive 3

C is

simila

r to

Alte

rnat

ive 3

A an

d wi

ll inc

lude

two

thro

ugh

lanes

at-g

rade

and

two

elev

ated

thro

ugh

lanes

on

SR

54 in

eac

h di

rect

ion.

Thi

s alt

erna

tive

prop

oses

no

addi

tiona

l lan

es fo

r US

41, a

nd w

ill m

ainta

in th

e sa

me

turn

lane

s at

the

inte

rsec

tion

as c

urre

ntly

prov

ided

. Add

ition

al rig

ht-o

f-way

will

be re

quire

d, b

ut co

nstru

ctio

n of A

ltern

ative

3C

will r

equi

re le

ss

right

of w

ay th

an fo

r Alte

rnat

ive 3

A. T

he re

com

men

ded

Build

Al

tern

ative

3C

is es

timat

ed to

cos

t $17

9.6

milli

on d

ollar

s.

NO

-BU

ILD

ALT

ERN

ATI

VE

In a

dditio

n to

the

rec

omm

ende

d bu

ild a

ltern

ativ

es,

the

“No-

Build

” Alte

rnat

ive

is c

onsi

dere

d to

be

a vi

able

alte

rnat

ive

and

will

rem

ain

so f

or t

he d

urat

ion

of t

he s

tudy

. Th

e “N

o-Bu

ild”

Alte

rnat

ive

wou

ld

invo

lve

fore

goin

g m

ajor

im

prov

emen

ts t

o th

e ex

istin

g ro

adw

ay a

nd p

rovi

de o

nly

rout

ine

mai

nten

ance

and

saf

ety

enha

ncem

ents

as

requ

ired.

Ev

en

thou

gh

ther

e ar

e no

de

sign

, rig

ht-o

f-way

or

co

nstru

ctio

n co

sts

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e no

-bui

ld a

ltern

ativ

e,

oper

atin

g co

nditio

ns a

re a

ntic

ipat

ed t

o w

orse

n w

ith t

ime,

w

hile

furth

er in

crea

sing

trav

el d

elay

s an

d tra

ffic

cong

estio

n.

This

will

crea

te a

n un

acce

ptab

le le

vel o

f ser

vice

and

a d

elay

in

saf

ety

rela

ted

impr

ovem

ents

. In

addi

tion,

ther

e w

ill be

an

incr

ease

in

emer

genc

y ev

acua

tion

time.

The

refo

re,

the

no-b

uild

alte

rnat

ive

wou

ld n

ot m

eet t

he p

urpo

se a

nd n

eed

for

the

proj

ect.

Alth

ough

, th

e no

-bui

ld a

ltern

ativ

e is

not

co

nsis

tent

with

loc

al t

rans

porta

tion

plan

s, t

his

alte

rnat

ive

form

s th

e ba

sis

for

com

paris

on

to

the

viab

le

stud

y al

tern

ativ

es a

naly

zed

for t

his

stud

y.

For

your

rev

iew

, th

e de

taile

d, a

ltern

ativ

es c

ompa

rison

m

atrix

is in

clud

ed in

this

han

dout

.

Both

Alte

rnat

ives 3

A an

d 3C

pro

vide

a new

tra

c sig

nal fo

r the

no

rthbo

und

trac

on U

S 41

at t

he in

ters

ectio

n of

US

41 a

nd

SR 5

97/D

ale M

abry

Hig

hway

.

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