U.S. 224 Road Reconstruction Project from the St. Mary’s River Bridge to just east of Jackson Street in Decatur, Adams County 6:30pm Presentation Erekson.

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U.S. 224 Road Reconstruction Project from the St. Mary’s River Bridge to just east of Jackson Street in Decatur, Adams County 6:30pm Presentation Erekson Theatre at Bellmont High School 1000 East North Adams Drive in Decatur

WELCOME Rickie Clark, INDOT Office of Public Involvement Purpose / Explanation of Public Hearing Public Hearing Format Visit our sign-in table Informational Handouts Submitting public comments for hearings transcript Project display area

INDOT would like to hear from you Talk with INDOT project team members Comment sheet in information packet or Mail comments to INDOT Sign-in sheet to be added to project mailing list Visit INDOT website at “Public Involvement” Fort Wayne District page: All comments are very much appreciated and will be given full consideration by project team

Public Hearing Sign-in at attendance table to be added to project mailing list A public hearing notice was mailed to known property owners within project area Announcement of this hearing was posted to INDOT website. A media release was also issued Legal notice of public hearing published in Decatur Daily Democrat on 8/15/11 & 8/22/11

Introductions Introduction of INDOT Project Officials URS Corp (Design/Environmental) Consultant Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council (NIRCC) Recognition of Elected Public Officials Honorable Mayor of Decatur, John L. Schultz

Project Stakeholders Indiana Department of Transportation Indiana Division Federal Highways Administration Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council (NIRCC) Adams County City of Decatur Local Communities Elected Public Officials Community residents and citizens Commuters Trucking industry

Project Development Process We Are Here Engineering Assessment Project purpose & need Screen project alternatives Develop environmental document Additional work on design & environmental issues Release environmental document Public Hearing 2011 Right-of-Way Construction 2015 public meetings in 2008, 2011

Environmental Document Development of document begins once purpose of need for the project has been clearly identified Develop a number of possible alternatives including a “Do Nothing” alternative as a baseline for comparison Screen alternatives to identify a preferred alternative Solicit public comment on environmental document and preliminary design plan Solicit, address, and fully consider public comments as part of decision making process

Environmental Document Requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Requires INDOT to analyze and evaluate the impacts of a proposed project to the natural and socio-economic environments Impacts are described in environmental document Environmental document originally released for public involvement in 2005 Additional information document prepared in 2007

Environmental Document Original project area extended along US 224 from just east of Jackson/Adams intersection to just east of Monroe Street intersection (2005 project scope) Elevate roadway to address flooding Improve substandard shoulders and install roadside ditches

Environmental Document Current Project area was expanded west to the eastern end of St. Mary’s River Bridge (2007 project scope) Elevate roadway to address flooding, improve Jackson/Adams intersection Storm sewers and inlets added along most of the project Drainage structure under US 224 to be replaced by box culvert Additional right of way needed to accommodate elevation of roadway

Elements of the Environmental Documentation Real Estate Community Impacts Air Quality Wetlands and Waterways Noise Floodplains Farmland Threatened and Endangered Hazardous Materials Species Historic/Archaeological

U.S. 224 Road Reconstruction Road replacement using 3R standards Raise the roadway profile elevation 5’, add storm sewers, curb & gutters, handrails

U.S. 224 Road Reconstruction Jackson Street and North Adams Road intersection realignment signalized intersection

Maintenance of Traffic The State Detour during construction adds 16 miles to the round trip from west of the project to the east side of town

Real Estate Acquisition Process

How Land Is Purchased Explains the process of buying property needed for highway improvements Project requires 1.9 acres of permanent right- of-way Utility coordination is in process

Real Estate Acquisition Process “ Uniform Act” of 1970 All federal, state, and local governments must comply Requires an offer for just compensation Acquisition Process Appraisals Review Appraisals Negotiations

Project Schedule Public Hearing 8/30/11 Finalize environmental and design phases of project 2011 Real estate acquisition phase tentatively scheduled to begin 2011 Project tentatively scheduled to begin construction 2015 Anticipated cost to construct project is approximately $3.5 million

Project Resource Location Fort Wayne District Office, 5333 Hatfield Road in Fort Wayne Responsible for transportation construction, maintenance and development activities in Northeast Indiana Bob Alderman, District Deputy Commissioner Toni Mayo, Customer Service Manager Susan Doell, Project Manager John Leckie, Planning & Production Director

Public Involvement Team Rickie Clark, INDOT Office of Public Involvement (317) Toni Mayo, Fort Wayne District Customer Service Manager / Media Relations Director (866) Susan Doell, Fort Wayne District Project Manager (866) INDOT website: “Public Involvement” pagehttp://

Submit Public Comments Submit public comments using the options described in 1 st page of information packet Public Comment Form Via Participating during public comment session via microphone Verbal comments recorded and transcribed for inclusion into to public hearings transcript INDOT respectfully requests comments be submitted by Friday, September 23, 2011 All comments submitted will become part of public record, entered into transcript, reviewed, evaluated and given full consideration during decision making process

THANK YOU Please visit with INDOT project officials Project Open House Project maps, displays, real estate acquisition table, INDOT project officials, informal Q & A Thank you for your attendance this evening