These meetings are being held to afford interested persons the opportunity to participate in scoping and public kickoff meetings on the South Florida East Coast Corridor Transit Analysis (SFECCTA). In accordance with the National Environmental ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Departmental

The Department of Transportation, Districts 4 and 6 announces the scheduling of project scoping and public kickoff meetings to which all persons are invited. These meetings will address the same subject.

CENTRAL LOCATION:

DATE AND TIMES: April 17, 2006, 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (presentations begin at 3:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m)

PLACE: Broward County Main Library, 6th Floor, 100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

SOUTHERN LOCATION:

DATE AND TIMES: April 19, 2006, 3:00 p.m. –9:00 p.m. (presentations begin at 3:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m)

PLACE: Gwen Margolis Community Center, 1590 N. E. 123rd Street, North Miami, Florida

NORTHERN LOCATION:

DATE AND TIMES: April 24, 2006, 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (presentations begin at 3:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m)

PLACE: Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center, Lecture Hall A, 701 West Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: These meetings are being held to afford interested persons the opportunity to participate in scoping and public kickoff meetings on the South Florida East Coast Corridor Transit Analysis (SFECCTA).

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Tier 1 of a Tiered, Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) will be prepared for the SFECCTA study to evaluate transit improvements in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. The SFECCTA is located along the eastern spine of the tri-county South Florida region, centered on but not limited to the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway alignment. The study proposes in Tier 1 to evaluate preferred technologies (e.g., rail, bus, express bus, etc.) and alignments through areas with heavily congested roadways and under-served, transit-dependent populations. These areas extend from Downtown Miami north through Ft. Lauderdale's Central Business District (CBD) and north of Downtown West Palm Beach to the Town of Jupiter and Village of Tequesta in northern Palm Beach County. The Tier 1 Analysis consists of a Regional Transit Alternatives Analysis. The Tier 2 Analyses will consist of subsequent Sectional Alternatives Analyses (per independent section of the SFECCTA study area) that may consist of EIS, Environmental Assessments or Categorical Exclusion Type 2 documents, depending on individual projects.

Special accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act should be made at least seven days prior to the meetings.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by writing to: Mr. Scott Seeburger, 3400 West Commercial Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33309.