Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 29/09/2000

Environmental Impact Statement for Transportation Improvements Within the North Corridor, Charlotte, NC

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Federal lead agency, and the City of Charlotte, the local lead agency, intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for transportation improvements within the proposed North Corridor in Mecklenburg and Iredell Counties, North Carolina. The study corridor of approximately 30 miles extends from Uptown Charlotte (the center city) in Mecklenburg County to the Town of Mooresville in southern Iredell County. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg region is developing an integrated land use and supportive transit plan. Building on the 2025 Integrated Transit/Land Use Plan for Charlotte-Mecklenburg, four corridor Major Investment Studies (MISs) are being prepared for the North, Northeast (University), Southeast (Independence), and West (Airport) corridors. A previously-prepared MIS for the South Corridor resulted in a light rail transit project for that corridor. The EIS will be prepared following completion of a MIS for the North Corridor. The North Corridor MIS will evaluate the land use, mobility, and environmental benefits, costs and impacts of various land use and transportati