Public Review Period for US 50 Corridor East Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement Extended

July 26, 2016 - Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 - Pueblo, CO - Federal Highway Administration recently extended the Public Review Period for Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) US 50 Corridor East Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from July 29th to August 12th.

Recently CDOT held four separate public hearings in Pueblo, Otero, Bent and Prowers Counties, to provide opportunity for the public to comment on the US 50 Corridor East Draft Tier EIS. Multiple requests were received during the public hearings to extend the public review and comment period.

A notice was published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2016 for the public review and comment period on the US 50 Corridor East Draft Tier 1 EIS. The notice announced the public review and comment period would begin on June 13, 2016 and end July 29, 2016. CDOT hosted four separate public hearings between July 11, 2016 and July 13, 2016.

In response to requests, a second notice was published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2016 informing the public that the public review and comment period has been extended to August 12, 2016. For convenient locations where the US 50 Corridor East Tier 1 Draft EIS is available for public viewing and for additional information about the document, please visit the project web site at www.codot.gov/projects/us50e