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Transportation Project Development

Transportation Project Development. System considerations, coordination, conformity, project need. Planning. PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLEMENT. Need, alternatives and impact analysis, public & agency coordination, documentation (CE, EA/FONSI, EIS/ROD). NEPA.

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Transportation Project Development

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  1. Transportation Project Development System considerations, coordination, conformity, project need Planning PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLEMENT Need, alternatives and impact analysis, public & agency coordination, documentation (CE, EA/FONSI, EIS/ROD) NEPA NEPA APPROVAL: Location and design concept acceptance Post NEPA Project Development Activities Final Design Right-of-Way Construction

  2. Private Sector Involvementpre-NEPA approval • Ultimate responsibility for NEPA compliance rests with Lead Federal Agency • Private developers cannot take over these responsibilities • Importance of effective coordination and communication • FHWA & SDOT roles

  3. Private Sector Involvementpre-NEPA approval (cont.) • Private sector primary concerns relate to control, time, and money • Private sector firms noted: • Value of being able to submit innovative design solutions to reduce time and litigation risks. • Enabled and encouraged to become involved in public education and outreach activities. • Might be willing to invest additional money to facilitate streamlining and/or reduce risk

  4. Private Sector Involvementpost-NEPA approval • Traditional public-funded NEPA approach • Ultimate responsibility for NEPA compliance rests with Lead Federal Agency • SDOT plays substantial role • Relationships • Other post-NEPA approvals

  5. Elements of NEPA • Purpose and Need • Alternatives and Impact Analysis • Public Involvement and Agency Coordination • Mitigation

  6. Need and Purpose • 3 P involvement in N & P? • When is it best to involve 3 P? • Innovative solutions to solve the P&N? Questions:

  7. Development & Evaluation of Alternatives • Increase the innovation in the alternatives? • Public perception • As related to alternatives including the no–build? • Requires input from agencies and public. Have PPP at the table? • Decrease changes to the approved project? • Flexible NEPA document? Questions:

  8. Environmental Impacts • Innovation in minimizing and avoiding? • What value can a 3 P add to this step? Questions:

  9. Mitigation of Environmental Impacts • Increase innovation in avoidance, minimization, and mitigation? • Compliance with environmental permits, issues, and commitments? Questions:

  10. Interagency Coordination • 3 P and existing agreements? • Agreements directly with 3 P? • Increased innovation in resolving conflict? • 3 P and resources to the agencies? Questions:

  11. Public Involvement • 3 P and customer demands? • 3 P and innovative approaches and desired public outcomes? Questions:

  12. Other considerations • CMAQ and PPPs • SEP-15 • Design-Build • Fiscal Constraint

  13. PPP and NEPA • Still an emerging area with lots of unanswered questions • There is not a one-size fits all answer • Continue to build and share the body of case studies, references, and other resources

  14. Resources • FHWA PPP website: • http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ppp/ • FHWA PPP Manual • PPP Toolkit: • http://www.ppptoolkit.fhwa.dot.gov/ • 2005 report on State PPP practices: • http://www.mdta.state.md.us/mdta/servlet/dispatchServlet?url=/About/currentpractise.pdf

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