SR 601 preliminary Scoping Report

The preliminary 601 scoping report was published on Friday June 2nd

The SIA received their copy on Monday June 5th. Here's a very brief summary.

- there is broad support for the SIA viewpoint
- The report suggests dropping either route 2 or route 3
- The report suggests dropping route 1 or 1a
- There appears to be a suggestion to consider a more westerly route
- The report includes comment that the possible industrial park to the south
of Saucier should be considered in any route.

A decision as to how MDOT will proceed will be made in two or three weeks. At that point we should (I hope) learn what routes are to be dropped and what new ones are to be given consideration. At that point we may have reason to consider if we need to start more determined campaigning.

If you are keen to read the full report, you can (temporarily) download it from here:-
Scoping Report May 2006

Note that the file is 48Mb - that's huge! You may not have to patience to get it if you have dialup - it will take around 8 hours to download! If you have a broadband connection it may take anything up to an hour, or maybe just 5 minutes. Depends on the speed of the connection.

I have been trying to find an official download location for this file and will publish the link to it when I find it.

posted by Steve Howard @ 10:51 AM