Western Federal Lands Highway Division

January 2013 Project Updates

Project Overview

In 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published its Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge. The CCP included a Transportation Access Study completed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); that study was a preliminary review of alternatives providing access improvements to the River 'S' Unit.

The USFWS has now requested FHWA's Western Federal Lands Division office in Vancouver, Washington, to lead the River 'S' Unit Access Project under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). By building upon past planning efforts, the FHWA will produce an in-depth transportation analysis to assess the current access location and identify specific alternative locations to the River 'S' Unit. With this new effort, FHWA is planning on engaging in a public scoping process under NEPA to develop the Purpose and Need and a full range of alternatives to address access related problems to the River 'S' Unit.

Purpose and Need

• View the Draft Statement of Purpose and Need (updated November 2012)

Vicinity Map

• View the River 'S' Unit Access Vicinity Map

Newsletters

• January, 2013
• June, 2012
• December, 2011

Sections

• Purpose and Need (updated November 2012)
• Vicinity Map
• Photo Gallery
• Project Schedule
• Project Questionnaire
• Top Eight Questions/Answers
• Geotechnical Condition Assessment Memorandum
• Existing Conditions Summary Report
• Lake River Bridge Existing Condition Memorandum
• Navigation Assessment
• Railroad Assessment
• Baseline Traffic Conditions (For a copy of Appendix A, please contact Mike Traffalis, FHWA Project Manager)