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US 12 at Fort Atkinson - Environmental Impact Statement

Once sufficient need to make improvements to US 12 in the Fort Atkinson area was established, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) began developing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

The Draft EIS (DEIS) was published in October 2005 and circulated for public and agency comment. It explains the "no-action" alternative for a project, as well as a number of possible "build" alternatives and their benefits and impacts. A public hearing was held on the DEIS in December 2005.

Based upon the findings of the DEIS and upon agency and public comments, WisDOT selected a course of action that includes making interim improvements to the existing system and officially mapping a southern bypass route for construction at a later date. 

A Final EIS (FEIS) will be prepared that will address comments received on the DEIS. This document will also describe results of additional study of the southern bypass routes and interim improvements conducted in 2007/8. Publication of the FEIS is tentatively scheduled in late 2008. WisDOT’s preferred alternative will be identified in the FEIS.

The FEIS will be available for public review for 30 days, after which the Federal Highway Administration can choose to release a Record of Decision, which would grant final approval of the selected alternative. A Record of Decision (ROD) is needed before the selected alternative may proceed to final design and construction.

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Draft EIS

The following documents are in Adobe PDF format.
(Note: Some files are large and may take longer to download depending on individual connection speeds. Users may need to zoom in to see details.)

• Table of contents
• Executive summary (1.3 MB)
• National Environmental Protection Agency statement, Document format and environmental streamlining, Measures to minimize and mitigate adverse impacts
• Basic sheets
  • Part 1 (683 KB)
  • Part 2 (509 KB)
  • Part 3 (818 KB)
  • Part 4 (923 KB)
• Factor sheets
  • Part 1 (1.1 MB)
  • Part 2 (660 KB)
  • Part 3 (852 KB)
• Comments and coordination (307 KB)
• Document preparers
• Glossary
• Index
• Appendices
  • A-C (341 KB)
  • D-H (448 KB)
  • I-J (1.1 MB)

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Questions about the content of this page:
Southwest Transportation Region, madison.dtd@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: July 7, 2008