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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.