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I-10 Twin Peaks Traffic Interchange, Environmental Assessment

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Public Involvement/Project Coordination October 2005<br />

locations. More complete descriptions of these meetings and summaries of comments may<br />

be found in Appendix A.<br />

• September 5, 2003 - Met with individual business and property owners along I-<strong>10</strong><br />

at Days Inn Conference Room (7 meetings) to introduce the project and solicit<br />

early concerns.<br />

• March 12, 2004- Met with business and property owners along I-<strong>10</strong> at Marana<br />

Development Services (15 meetings) to present and receive comments on the<br />

alternatives.<br />

Hearing<br />

The Draft EA would be made available for public review and comment. To facilitate public<br />

involvement, a public hearing to explain the project and its environmental consequences<br />

would be held in the study area. Comments received at the public hearing and during the<br />

30-day review and comment period would be incorporated into the Final <strong>Environmental</strong><br />

<strong>Assessment</strong> (FEA) prepared for this project. The FEA would be used to determine the final<br />

environmental impacts for the project.<br />

Other On-Going Activities<br />

Throughout the final design and construction processes, efforts to inform and involve the<br />

community and businesses would be continued. A series of community meetings would be<br />

conducted at appropriate phases throughout the project. These meetings would inform the<br />

community of upcoming construction activities and the possible affects of these activities<br />

on the community and would offer the opportunity for the community and businesses to<br />

provide suggestions or comments that may minimize these affects. The meetings would be<br />

advertised in the same manner as the public information meetings for this project. Special<br />

efforts would be made to keep emergency services personnel informed of construction<br />

activities. Construction information would be available to the general public through<br />

regular briefings and information releases to newspapers, radio, and television.<br />

Conclusion<br />

To ensure that the public contributed to this study and had full access to study results, a<br />

number of public meetings and outreach efforts occurred and technical committees were<br />

formed. The design of the preferred alternative has been modified to address some of the<br />

concerns that have resulted from these public involvement efforts. After circulation of the<br />

Draft EA, a public hearing to explain the project and its environmental consequences<br />

would be held in the study area. Comments received would be addressed and incorporated<br />

into the FEA. A series of community meetings would be conducted at appropriate phases<br />

throughout the remainder of the proposed project. Construction information would be<br />

available to the general public through regular briefings and information releases.<br />

Interstate <strong>10</strong> <strong>Traffic</strong> <strong>Interchange</strong> at<br />

<strong>Twin</strong> <strong>Peaks</strong>/Linda Vista<br />

5-12<br />

Project No.: NH-0<strong>10</strong>-D (AIW)<br />

TRACS No.: <strong>10</strong> PM 236 H5838 01D

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