Step 7:  Second Tier Environmental Documents (Contingent upon Available Funding)

The Second Tier studies will build from the First Tier results.  The “sections of independent utility” will further study and define the improvements for I-70 such that more detailed analyses of the environmental impacts can be performed to more precisely evaluate the impacts of the project.  It is in the Second Tier studies where final alignments, right of way needs, detailed environmental and human impacts, mitigation, and implementation will be determined.  The construction of the second tier improvements is dependent upon available funding.