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Project planning and fine-tuning
will continue through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
phase. Because the
project is funded by federal dollars through the Federal Highway
Administration, the project must comply with NEPA. NEPA requires
the study of all reasonable alternatives and disclosure of
environmental impacts associated with each alternative to the public
and decision-makers. Topics that will be studied in a NEPA
environmental analysis include land use; social and economic impacts;
population, employment, and community character; noise; and wetlands.
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