[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26967]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Bibb County, GA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway 
project in the City of Macon and Bibb County, Georgia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clyde B. Johnson, Project Development 
Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite 
17T100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Telephone: (404) 562-3657 or David E. 
Studstill, State Environment/Location Engineer, Georgia Department of 
Transportation, Office of Environment/Location, 3993 Aviation Circle, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30336, Telephone: (404) 699-4401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Georgia 
Department of Transportation (GDOT), will prepare an environmental 
impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to complete the Eisenhower Parkway 
which is a section of the Fall Line Freeway through the City of Macon 
and Bibb County, Georgia near the Ocmulgee National Monument. The 
proposed multiple-lane roadway with a median is intended to provide a 
connection between the Eisenhower Parkway at Interstate 75 and Emery 
Highway/U.S. 80.
    Improvements to the corridor are considered necessary to provide 
for the existing and projected traffic demand, complete the multi-laned 
economic developmental highway, and provide additional connections 
between east and west Macon. Alternatives under consideration include: 
(1) Taking no action; (2) widening the exiting roadway facilities to 
accommodate increase traffic volumes; and (3) constructing a four-lane, 
limited access highway on new location. Incorporated into and studied 
with the various build alternatives will be design variations of grade 
and alignment.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to 
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are 
known to have interest with this proposal. A series of public meetings 
will be held in Macon-Bibb County and in Oklahoma, the home of the 
Muscogee Creek Nation, in November 1997. In addition, a public hearing 
will be held. Public notice will be given of the time and place of 
these meetings and hearing. The draft EIS will be made available for 
public and agency review and comment prior to the public hearing. No 
formal scoping meeting has been scheduled at this time.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
project are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments 
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions regarding this proposed action and the EIS should be directed 
to FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.250, 
Highway Research Planning and Construction. Georgia's approved 
clearinghouse review procedures apply to this program)

    Issued on: September 30, 1997.
Clyde B. Johnson,
Project Development Engineer, Atlanta, Georgia.
[FR Doc. 97-26967 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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