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PHASE I: PRE-PLANNING

• -Establish need through highway system plan; conduct origin
  and destination studies.

• -Establish purpose - primary, secondary, urban

• -Establish criteria - design speed, gradient, access, capacity, et

• -Establish route - examine land ownerships, costs of R.O.W.,
  aerial surveys

• -Conduct public hearings - submit report of hearings to FHWA

• -Draft EIS or negative declaration - project is or is not
  major action.