Record of Decision

The Record of Decision is the Federal Highway Administration’s approval of the preferred strategy as the selected strategy for improving I-70 in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

Record of Decision

Final I-70 First Tier Environmental Impact Statement (FTEIS)

The Final First Tier Environmental Impact Statement (Final FTEIS) highlights the key issues and changes on the Draft FTEIS based on input from the public comment period. The Final FTEIS is presented in chapters using the links below.

• Cover Pages and Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need
• Chapter 2 - Alternatives Considered
• Chapter 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
  • Exhibits for Chapter 3
• Chapter 4 - Public Comments and Coordination
• Chapter 5 to Chapter 8
• Appendix A – Disclaimer
• Appendix B – Updated Crash Analysis
• Appendix C – Sections of Independent Utility Technical Memorandum (Part 1 – Split for File Size)
• Appendix C – Sections of Independent Utility Technical Memorandum (Part 2 – Split for File Size)
• Appendix D - Public and Agency Coordination Documents (Part 1 – Split for File Size)
• Appendix D - Public and Agency Coordination Documents (Part 2 – Split for File Size)

Draft I-70 First Tier Environmental Impact Statement (FTEIS)

The Draft First Tier Environmental Impact Statement (Draft FTEIS) proposes an identified preferred strategy for improving I-70 in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Draft FTEIS is presented in chapters using the links below.

• Cover Pages and Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need
• Chapter 2 - Alternatives Considered
• Chapter 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
  • Sections 3.0 to 3.1
  • Section 3.2
  • Sections 3.3 to 3.4
  • Sections 3.5 to 3.7
  • Sections 3.8 to 3.11
  • Sections 3.12 to 3.23
• Chapter 4 - Public Comments and Coordination
• Chapter 5 to Chapter 8
• Appendix A - Disclaimer
• Appendix B - Purpose and Need Technical Memorandum
• Appendix C - Initial Strategy Packages Summary Memorandum
• Appendix D - Traffic Data
• Appendix E - Public and Agency Coordination Documents

I-70 April 2010 Online Hearing

• Future of I-70 Online Hearing (pdf)

  • Existing I-70 (pdf)
  • Planning Process (pdf)
  • Strategy Development (pdf)
  Initial Concepts and Strategies (pdf)
  • Environmental Module (pdf)
  • Transportation Improvement Corridor (pdf)
  • Add General Lanes Strategy (pdf)
  • Identified Preferred Stategy (pdf)
  • Improve Key Bottlenecks Strategy (pdf)
  • No-Build Strategy (pdf)

I-70 January 2009 Online Public Meeting

• January 2009 Online Public Meeting (pdf)
  • Existing I-70 (pdf)
  • The Planning Process (pdf)
  • Initial Concepts and Strategies (pdf)
  • Developing the Strategy Packages (pdf)
  • No-Build Strategy Package (pdf)
  • Add General Lane Capacity Strategy Package (pdf)
  • Fix Key Bottlenecks Strategy Package (pdf)
  • Transportation Improvement Corridor Strategy Package (pdf)

Additional Documents

• I-70 FTEIS Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies Memo (pdf)
• I-70 FTEIS Public Involvement and Agency Coordination Plan (pdf)
• Purpose and Need (pdf)
• Purpose and Need Appendix (pdf)
• Newsletters, Postcards, and Fliers
• Meeting Summaries and Exhibits
• Other I-70 Studies