How were the corridors selected?
Transportation corridor limits were established and defined by the US 301 Task Force in a manner consistent with nationally recognized planning practices. The process involved consideration of the need for transportation effectiveness, together with the need to select corridors which avoid particularly sensitive environmental resources or which would allow for a reasonable minimization of impacts on individual categories of environmental (including socio-economic) resources. The process involved review of detailed 400-scale aerial photography mapping, which incorporated all major environmental resource features identified by the Task Force Environment Committee as potential areas of concern.
The specific corridor line locations were determined based upon the judgment and expertise of environmental and engineering consultants, SHA staff, and environmental professionals on the Task Force Environment Committee. The public and others on the Committee also had a chance to review the locations and provide comments.
