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The Expanded Project Development
& Environment Study, (EPD&E Study) was completed
and approved by the Federal Highway Administration in
August 2006. The EPD&E Study included the normal
PD&E analysis requirements, but was expanded to
review and incorporate other Blueprint components. Under
the normal process, a PD&E Study determines the
best location or alignment for the project, the best
design concept, and the effect the project would have
on the natural, physical and social environment. Blueprint
2000’s EPD&E Study includes these elements,
but is expanded to review and incorporate other important
components, such as retrofit of existing untreated storm
water; enhanced measures for protection of surface water
quality; connection to greenway properties for Blountstown
Highway recreational trails; and contributions to ongoing
efforts to restore Gum Swamp.
The EPD&E Study included the
development of preliminary (60%) plans, Right-of-Way
maps and environmental permits for the segment of the
roadway from Orange Avenue to Tennessee Street. The
following alternatives were studied in this project.
• Alternatives for any necessary improvements at
major intersections, including the "footprint"
required for a future interchange at SR 20/SR 263.
• Alternatives for potential
greenway acquisitions and trail construction.
• Alternatives for project stormwater
management in concert with proposed regional stormwater
management facilities as proposed by Blueprint 2000.
• Alternatives for widening,
lengthening or replacement of the bridge over the CSX
railroad.
• Alternatives for widening
the existing roadway to six lanes, including those which
would enhance the ongoing mitigation improvements to
Gum Swamp.
• Opportunities for combined
greenways/floodplain protection and stormwater improvements.
• Potential widening of major
cross roads up to 1000 feet, where required, based on
traffic or geometric needs.
• Structural alternatives for
crossing Gum Swamp.
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