The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District Seven, invites you to attend and participate in a public workshop for the above referenced studies. FDOT is holding this public workshop on two separate dates and locations to allow for ...
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The Florida Department of Transportation, District Seven announces meetings to which all persons are invited.
DATES AND TIMES: October 9, 2017, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; October 10, 2017, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
PLACES: October 9, 2017: Tampa Marriott Westshore, 1001 N. Westshore Blvd., Tampa, FL 33607. October 10, 2017: Hilton Tampa Downtown, 211 N. Tampa St., Tampa, FL 33602 (Hilton Tampa Downtown Parking: Fort Brooke Garage, 107 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33607; Whiting Street entrance. From the parking garage take the elevator to the third floor and use the walk over bridge to One City Center and the Hilton Hotel. Parking voucher will be provided at workshop sign-in table.)
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District Seven, invites you to attend and participate in a public workshop for the above referenced studies. FDOT is holding this public workshop on two separate dates and locations to allow for maximum participation. The information at each workshop will be identical.
The purpose of this workshop is to involve the public in the preparation of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) that will be prepared for the Tampa Interstate Study (TIS). The SEIS will focus on the downtown Tampa and Westshore interchanges, and the section of I-275 between those areas. The SEIS is a fresh look at the long-standing plan to improve and modernize Tampa’s interstate system, originally called the TIS. The workshop will also serve as an opportunity for the public to provide comments on the design changes to the Northwest Expressway as part of the Northwest (Veterans) Expressway Design Change Reevaluation.
Please understand this is an informal meeting, not a public hearing, and the first of several to be included throughout the process. The meetings will be held in an informal open house format. There will be no formal presentation. During the meeting, representatives of the FDOT will be available to discuss the process, answer questions, and receive comments specific to these studies. Written or emailed comments not received at the meeting must be postmarked or emailed by October 31, 2017 to be included in the official meeting record. Written comments can be mailed to: Ashley Henzel, P.E., PD&E Senior Project Manager, Florida Department of Transportation, MS 7-500, 11201 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 or emailed to: Ashley.Henzel@dot.state.fl.us.
A Historic Resources Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Alternatives Workshop. This meeting was rescheduled due to Hurricane Irma. The purpose of this meeting is to provide information to residents, local public officials, and interested persons and organizations relative to the process and schedule for identifying and evaluating historic resources, determining significant historic properties, and eventually evaluating potential impacts to significant historic properties.
Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in this informational meeting, or persons who require translation services (free of charge) are asked to notify the agency at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting by contacting: Chris Speese, at Christopher.Speese@dot.state.fl.us, 1(800)226-7220 or (813)975-6405.
For more information you may contact: Ashley Henzel, P.E., PD&E Senior Project Manager, Florida Department of Transportation, MS 7-500, 11201 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, Ashley.Henzel@dot.state.fl.us.
The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by the FDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 14, 2016 and executed by the Federal Highway Administration and FDOT.
