Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Memphis, Tennessee - July 26, 2013 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) today filed the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A Notice of Availability has also been published in the July 26, 2013, Federal Register to begin the 45-day public review period pursuant to regulations of the President's Council on Environmental Quality for implementing NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508).
The draft EIS and additional information regarding the project can be found by clicking the link below:
US Army Corps of Engineers/St.Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project
Printed copies of the draft EIS are available at the following libraries:
Sikeston Public Library Mississippi Co. Library New Madrid Co. Library
121 East North St 105 E Marshall St 431 Mill St
Sikeston, MO 63801 Charleston, MO 63834 New Madrid, MO 63869
Mitchell Memorial Library Missouri State Library Riverside Regional Library
204 Washington 600 West Main St Highway 61
East Prairie, MO 63845 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Benton, MO 63736
Cairo Public Library
1609 Washington Ave
Cairo, IL 62914
Two public meetings will be held during the 45-day public comment period - one in East Prairie, Mo, and the other in the vicinity of Cairo, Ill. The purpose of the public meetings will be to ensure the widest possible consideration of general public and community concerns. USACE will announce dates and locations for the two public meetings once arrangements are finalized.
Information regarding the time and locations of the public meetings as well as instructions on how to provide comments or testimony will be also be available at the website listed above.
Written comments or requests for additional information may be forwarded to Joshua M. Koontz at 167 N. Main St. B-202, Memphis, TN 38103 or joshua.m.koontz@usace.army.mil.
Please provide written comments no later than Sept. 9, 2013.
Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Stoddard County, Missouri - Route 25 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews mill the roadway.
This section of roadway is located at the intersection of Route E and Route AB.
Work will take place, weather permitting Monday, July 29 through Thursday, Aug. 1 from 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.
For additional information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (1-888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/southeast.
Submitted by
Beth Farrah, SMT Writer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The Missouri Department of Transportation has won top honors in the Mid America Regional "America's Transportation Awards" competition for a project that was completed ahead of schedule and one that demonstrated the best use of innovation.
The awards were presented today at the annual meeting of the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials. MoDOT's winning entries were the statewide Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Project and the Route 5 Shared Four-Lane Project in Camden and Laclede counties. Safe & Sound Project Director Ken Warbritton and Central District Design Engineer Nicole Hood accepted the awards.
Now in its sixth year, the America's Transportation Awards competition - sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - recognizes the very best of America's transportation projects in three main categories: Ahead of Schedule, Under Budget and Best Use of Innovation. The categories are then split up by size: small (less than $25 million), medium (between $25 million and $199 million) and large ($200 million and more).
Safe & Sound won as the large project in the "Ahead of Schedule" category. The $685 million project replaced or rehabilitated 802 of Missouri's poorest bridges in three-and-a-half years - two years ahead of schedule. Some 554 of those structures were bridge replacements completed under a single design-build contract with KTU Constructors.
The "shared four-lane" highway on Route 5 was constructed to improve safety and traffic flow. The innovative highway design provides 18 miles of continuous, alternating passing lanes between Camdenton and Lebanon, allowing motorists to pass other vehicles without driving in opposing traffic lanes. The northern part of the project was built on new alignment while the southern portion retrofitted the existing highway. The $34 million project was completed during the summer of 2011.
"Our entries this year encompass the broad scope of transportation projects completed every day by state transportation departments," said Mike Lewis, AASHTO president and director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. "The America's Transportation Awards competition showcases how state DOTs are delivering quality projects with limited transportation dollars. Through this competition, we honor these projects for excellent stewardship of our tax dollars and the incredible innovations they display."
The 10 projects with the highest overall scores from all four AASHTO regions will compete for the Grand Prize and People's Choice Award. The Grand Prize winner is determined by a panel of transportation experts. The People's Choice Award goes to the transportation project that receives the most online votes from the public. Online voting begins September 4. The winners of both awards will be announced at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in Denver in October.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
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