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WIS 15 expansion study - environmental documents

Draft EIS | View the DEIS

The WIS 15 study Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has been published. Main sections of the document are available via the links below.

A public hearing was held on February 28, 2007 to give the public additional opportunity to provide input. View more information from this hearing.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is planned for publication in 2009. Following a minimum review period of 30 days, the Federal Highway Administration will release a record of decision (ROD) on the approved alternative.

The following documents are in Adobe PDF format.
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Draft EIS

• Section ES - Executive Summary (469 KB)
  • US 45-Givens Road map (853 KB)
  • Givens Road-County JJ map (1.1 MB)
  • County JJ-Julius Drive map (1 MB)
• Section 1.0 - Purpose and need (283 KB)
• Section 2.0 - Alternatives (1.5 MB)
• Section 3.0 - Affected environment
  • Natural environment 1
  • Natural environment 2
  • Natural environment 3
  • Cultural environment
  • Socioeconomic environment 1
  • Socioeconomic environment 2
  • Land use and related characteristics
  • Project area current land use map (1.5 MB)
  • Hortonville current land use map (1.1 MB)
  • Ellington current and future land use maps (1.4 MB)
  • Hortonia current and future land use maps (1.3 MB)
• Section 4.0 - Environmental consequences
  • Pages 1-50
  • Wetlands map (985 KB)
  • Pages 52-83 (372 KB)
  • Noise analysis map, US 45-Givens Road (1 MB)
  • Noise analysis map, Givens Road-County JJ (1.1 MB)
  • Noise analysis map, County JJ-Julius Drive (1.1 MB)
  • Pages 87-106 (1 MB)
  • Pages 107-137 (779 KB)
• Section 7.0 - Comments and coordination
• Appendices
  • Appendix A - Average daily traffic counts (1.2 MB)
  • Appendix B - Conceptual relocation plan (506 KB)
  • Appendix C - Impacts analysis (830 KB)
  • Appendix D - Public meetings (1.2 MB)
  • Appendix E - Value planning study (280 KB)
  • Appendix F - Study results (329 KB)
  • Appendix G - Mobile source air toxins

Locations for viewing the DEIS

Printed copies of the complete DEIS are available at various locations listed below for public review.

• UW-Fox Valley library
• Appleton Public Library
• Hortonville Public Library
• New London Public Library
• Outagamie County Board
• Outagamie County Highway Department
• Outagamie County Land Conservation Department
• Outagamie County Planning Department
• Cities of Appleton and New London
• Towns of Dale, Ellington, Greenville, Hortonia, and Liberty
• Village of Hortonville
• WisDOT NE Regional Office in Green Bay

Copies of the DEIS are also available for purchase through the WisDOT Green Bay office by contacting Rob Wagner at (920) 492-5983. The cost is $50 plus shipping for a hard copy or $3.50 plus shipping for a copy on CD.

You will need the Adobe Reader (provided free of charge) to view PDF files. For more information about getting your free copy of the Adobe Reader, visit WisDOT's Software information page.

Questions about the content of this page:
Northeast Transportation Region, greenbay.dtd@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: August 12, 2008