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Maine Department of Transportation State House 16 Augusta, Maine 04333 207-624-3100 Exhibit 7 Notice of Intent to File PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE Caribou 6462.30 is intending to file a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 480-A through 480-Z on or about April 27, 2010. The application is for: The Caribou Connector, a new 2.95 mile alignment around the town of Caribou. Starting at route 161, the project will continue west toward route 1. The new alignment will have a bridge span over route 1 with on and off ramps, continue towards and span route 89 before looping around and connecting to Rt. 1/89. The proposed connector will be a limited access two lane roadway with twelve foot travel lanes and eight foot shoulders. To address concerns of the public and the town, a composite bridge arch will be incorporated into the design to allow for passage of farm equipment from one side of the connector to the other as well as a large box culvert for the passage of snowmobiles and grooming equipment. For Longfellow Brook, a bridge span of at least 1.2X bank full width is being proposed. The project is located in: Caribou, Maine. The project includes compensatory mitigation to off-set unavoidable impacts to wetlands. The proposed mitigation package consists of preservation and is subject to review and approval by resource agencies. A request for a public hearing or a request that the Board of Environmental assume jurisdiction over this application must be received by the Department, in writing, no later than 20 days after the application is found by the Department to be complete and is accepted for processing. A public hearing may or may not be held at the discretion of the Commissioner or Board of Environmental Protection. Public comment on the application will be accepted throughout the processing of the application. For Federally licensed, permitted, or funded activities in the Coastal Zone, review of this application shall also constitute the State's consistency review in accordance with the Maine Coastal Program pursuant to Section 307 of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. §1456. (Delete if not applicable.) The application will be filed for public inspection at the Department of Environmental Protection's offices in Bangor and Presque Isle during normal working hours. A copy of the application may also be seen at the municipal offices in Caribou, Maine. Written public comments may be sent to the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land and Water Quality, 106 Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine 04401.
Exhibit 8 Alternatives Analysis Caribou 6462.30 Study Area The Study Area (the total area depicted on Figure 3-2) is approximately 10,000 acres, consisting of the eastern portion of downtown Caribou and northern Caribou. The Study area also contains a portion of the western side of the Towns of Woodland and New Sweden. Downtown Caribou serves as the shopping, business, and employment center for this area. It is a dense population center and provides a full range of community resources and services, including educational, medical, civic, recreational, and commercial facilities. The Aroostook River passes through the southeast portion of the Study Area, serving as the eastern boundary of downtown Caribou. In contrast, northern Caribou and the portions of Woodland and New Sweden included in the Study Area consist predominately of farmland (approximately 4,900 acres) and undeveloped forest (approximately 3,900 acres). Alternatives Evaluated This section describes the No-Action, build, and other alternatives that have been studied for this project. MaineDOT studied 6 different alignment options and a Transportation System Management (TSM) Alternative with the potential to satisfy the NEPA Purpose and Need for the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou. The alignment options included the 3 alignment options (Alignment Options 1, 2, and 3) and 3 additional alignment options (Alignment Options 4A, 4B, and 4C) developed during the subsequent USACE Section 404 Highway Methodology process, in coordination with the USACE and other regulatory agencies. Alignment Options 4A, 4B, and 4C, depicted on Figure 3-2 are refinements of the alignment options. Each of the 6 Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou Alignment Options, shown on Figure 2-6 and described below, satisfies the Purpose and Need to some degree. Alignment Options 1 and 4C consist of a combination of an upgrade of Route 1 and new location highway, while the other 4 alignment options are primarily new location highways. All are envisioned as eventually being 4-lane, median-divided, access-controlled highways. MaineDOT plans initially to build a 2-lane facility, but FHWA-ME-EIS-02-1-F Final Environmental Impact Statement Tier 1 – Aroostook County Transportation Study Tier 2 - Route 1 – 161 Connector, Caribou 3-4 Tier 2 Proposed Action would acquire sufficient ROW (300-foot width) to accommodate widening to 4 lanes in the future, should conditions warrant. The alternatives and alignment options evaluated for This project include: � No-Action � AlternativeTransportation SystemManagement (TSM) � Route 1-161 Connector Alignment Options � Alignment Option 1 � Alignment Option 2 � Alignment Option 3 � Alignment Option 4A � Alignment Option 4B � Alignment Option 4C Alignment Options 1, 2, and 3 were dismissed from consideration through the USACE Highway Methodology process. The following sections provide a brief description of alternatives and alignment
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