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Incorporating NEPA into IDOT and MPO planning processes.
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2014-07-01
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Abstract:This report summarizes the tasks and findings of the ICT Project R27-132 Incorporating National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) into IDOT and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) planning processes, which is aimed
at assisting IDOT in defining guidelines on how to integrate NEPA into the current IDOT and MPO planning
processes for large-scale highway projects. The objectives of the project are to (1) provide a comprehensive
review of literature of practices integrating NEPA into transportation planning processes in other states; (2)
gather feedback from inter- and intra-departmental staff involved in the IDOT planning process, the MPO
planning process, and the NEPA process to evaluate the existing practices of integrating NEPA into
transportation planning processes for large highway projects; (3) evaluate the impact of these practices on the
project development process; (4) identify (based on 1, 2, and 3 above) the key elements/practices that are
needed to successfully integrate NEPA into IDOT and MPO planning processes for large-scale highway projects;
(5) develop a Guidance Document on how to integrate NEPA into IDOT and MPO planning processes for large-scale highway projects; and provide recommendations on how to evaluate the integrated process. The
implementation of this Guidance Document by MPOs would be voluntary. To achieve these objectives, the
research team conducted seven main tasks: (1) literature review; (2) collecting project data for analysis as case
studies; (3) conducting interviews for evaluating potential integration practices; (4) analyzing the results of the
literature review, case studies, and expert interviews; (5) developing the proposed Integrated IDOT-MPO-NEPA
Planning Process; (6) conducting interviews for evaluating the proposed integrated process; and (7) developing
the Guidance Document
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