1. 7b: Public Outreach Approach
NTPAW 2009 Skills Awards
7b: Public Outreach Approach
I-70 Online Public Meeting/Hearing

2. Issue I-70 is crumbling and congested – more than 50 years old
Needs to be rebuilt and widened
MoDOT wants to be ready if funding becomes available
Had just 12 months to get feedback on environmental impact statement
Challenge: Engaging people across
a 200-mile corridor

3. What are we proposing?

4. Public Involvement Goals
Help the public understand the environmental impact and how truck-only lanes fit with previous I-70 studies.
Gather meaningful public input on the truck-only lanes strategy.
Create sustainable support for the
recommendations.

5. Public Involvement Activities
Freight stakeholder interviews and presentations: OOIDA, Motor Carriers, Petroleum Marketers, Farm Bureau, Scenic Mo, Sierra Club, Highway Patrol … many others
Two advisory groups
Public meetings, April 2008
Online public meeting & listening sessions,
September 2008
Public hearings, physical & online, March 2009

6. On-Line Public Meeting
Participate any day, any time
Free access via public libraries
Comment and question link on each page
Q&A link on each page
Survey at conclusion
525 participants
87 surveys submitted

7. On-Line Public Hearing
Participate any day, any time
Free access via public libraries
Comment and question link on each page
Q&A link on each page
339 participants, 168 comments

8. 10-minute Video and Simulation
Click here to view
Add video clip of interchange operations…
More than 11,000 viewings.

9. What We Heard Support for separating cars and trucks
Questions about need for improvements/preference for investment in rail, etc.
Questions about enforcement (primarily from truckers)
Support for improving I-70 quickly
What happens in urban transition areas?
How will we pay for it?