National Key Deer Refuge Transportation Study Report

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division ; United States. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Deer Multimodal Transportation Public Participation Traffic Safety Wildlife
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division
• Abstract:
  The Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex is a chain of four National Wildlife Refuges(NWRs) in Monroe County, Florida. This plan focuses on the National Key Deer Refuge (NKDR). The NKDR encompasses a series of islands with in the Lower Keys that include No Name Key, Big Pine Key, Little Torch Key, Ramrod Key, Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key, and Sugarloaf Key. It is the primary habitat for numerous federally endangered or threatened species including the Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, the Silver Rice Rat, and the widely recognized Key Deer. The Refuge's approved acquisition boundary encompasses over 84,000 acres of lands and waters with nearly 9,200 acres of land owned or managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) of the US Department of the Interior. The Transportation Study Report reviewed the surrounding roadways and parking areas of the National Key Deer Refuge (NKDR) and provides short, medium, and long range recommendations for the improvements to the existing multimodal transportation system. The study included development of a public involvement plan, inventory of existing conditions at the Refuge, and identification of traffic safety and access needs for the Refuge. Based on these reports, preliminary candidate alternatives were developed and responsible stakeholder partners were identified. The preliminary candidate alternatives were divided into potential roadway improvements and additional recommendations for initial screening. The roadway alternatives were then evaluated in further detail to determine the preferred alternatives and developed into a short, medium, and long range implementation plan. The implementation plan presented herein includes a summary of the environmental, social, and financial impacts of the conceptual roadway alternatives. Additional detailed information on the planning process is provided in this report.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH71-09-D-00001, Task Order: 10-009
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:72378e7c9caabf995377ac8a647219659183fa689ccee6072152c70c355ab9dca47e9a44cbb8dfc8a762fed7bd68a3497415010d66425786f8b3f44367307a1e
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/71912/dot_71912_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.57 MB ]