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Combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program partners and the Federal Highway Administration completed a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project (75th Street CIP).

The Final EIS contains the detailed analysis completed to understand the possible impacts of the project, the comments received by agencies and the public during the formal review period, as well as the responses to those comments. The ROD summarizes the purpose and needs of the project, the alternatives considered, the factors supporting selection of the preferred alternative, the agency coordination and public involvement efforts completed since the initiation of the EIS process in 2010, as well as the environmental commitments and mitigation measures to be carried into Phase II (final design and right-of-way acquisition) and Phase III (construction) of the project.

• Signed Cover Page (Opens in a new window) (438.5 KB)
• Signed Record of Decision (ROD) (Opens in a new window) (2.4MB)
• Table of Contents (Opens in a new window) (111.0 KB)
• Chapter 1: Purpose and Need (Opens in a new window) (1.3 MB)
• Chapter 2: Alternatives (Opens in a new window) (7.7 MB)
• Chapter 3: Environmental Resources Impacts and Mitigation (Opens in a new window)(15.5 MB)
• Chapter 4: Comments and Coordination (Opens in a new window) (1.6 MB)
• Chapter 5: EIS Distribution List (Opens in a new window) (62.6 KB)
• Chapter 6: List of Preparers (Opens in a new window)(4.3 KB)
• Chapter 7: Index (Opens in a new window)(65.4 KB)
• Appendix A: Viaducts (Opens in a new window) (985.2 KB)
• Appendix B: Socioeconomic and Environmental Justice (Opens in a new window)(1.6 MB)
• Appendix C - C0: Public Involvement, Agency Coordination (Opens in a new window) (95.6 KB)
• Appendix C - C1: Stakeholder Involvement Plan (Opens in a new window) (2.2 MB)
• Appendix C - C2: Public Meetings Part 1 - June Public Meetings (Opens in a new window) (24.1 MB)
• Appendix C - C2: Public Meetings Part 2 - October Public Meetings Summary (Opens in a new window) (1.1 MB)
• Appendix C - C2: Public Meetings Part 3 - October Public Meetings Presentation (Opens in a new window) (10.3 MB)
• Appendix C - C2: Public Meetings Part 4 -October Public Meetings Exhibits (Opens in a new window) (38.7 MB)
• Appendix C - C2: Public Meetings Part 5 - October Public Meetings Exhibits (Opens in a new window)(27.7 MB)
• Appendix C - C2: Public Meetings Part 6 - October Public Meetings Comments (Opens in a new window) (267.8 KB)
• Appendix C -C3: Other PI Activities and C4 Project Brochures (Opens in a new window) (14.3 MB)
• Appendix C - C5: Fact Sheets and C6 Project Emails and Comments (Opens in a new window)(1.7 MB)
• Appendix C - C7: Notice of Intent and C8 Cooperating and Participating Agencie (Opens in a new window) (2.7 MB)
• Appendix C - C9: NEPA 404 Meeting Minutes and C10 Other Agency Coordination (Opens in a new window)(14.8 MB)
• Appendix C - C11: CAG Meeting Minutes (Opens in a new window) (28.5 MB)
• Appendix D: Air Quality (Opens in a new window) (3.2 MB)
• Appendix E: Noise (Opens in a new window) (26.9 MB)
• Appendix F: Vibration (Opens in a new window)(6.9 MB)
• Appendix G: Section 106 Documentation (Opens in a new window) (4.2 MB)
• Appendix H: Environmental Resources Documentation (Opens in a new window) (3.1 MB)
• Appendix I: Section 4f Documentation (Opens in a new window) (240.0 KB)
• Appendix J - J0: Comments and Coordination - Intro (Opens in a new window) (706.6 KB)
• Appendix J - J1: Public Hearing Material, NOA. Notices, Brochures (Opens in a new window) (27.5)
• Appendix J - J2: Public Comments (Opens in a new window) (5.9 MB)
• Appendix J - J3: Agency Comments (Opens in a new window) (1.8 MB)

Notice of Intent

On April 28, 2010, the U.S. DOT issued a notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) would be prepared for the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project. The project involves construction of new railroad main tracks, two new rail flyover bridges, and a new rail/roadway grade separation structure in the cities of Chicago and Hometown, IL Review the complete Notice of Intent (PDF) (Opens in a new window)