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Technical Committee Minutes <br />Octobjr 16» 1990 <br />Page 4 <br />Q: <br />A: <br />With the current federal budget deficit, how will federal funding for this project be <br />affected? <br />The current Senate Authorization Bill is proposing solutions to transponation <br />funding cuts. Proceeds from the federal gas tax may also be used for funding this <br />type of project. If the environmental documentation for this project is not <br />completed, it cannot be funded. <br />Q: <br />Q: <br />A: <br />Q: <br />A: <br />Will a T.H. 55 committee be organized or added to the corridor study groups? Why <br />not leave T.H. 12 for local trips and divert other trips (and trucks) to T.H. 55? The <br />focus appears to be more so on T.H. 12 than T.H. 55. <br />T.H. 55 will be studied as an alternative in the scoping process, and may involve <br />bringing in additional representatives from other commumt.js. It will be studied <br />using the same criteria for all other alternatives. <br />Why is it O.K. to select a preferred corridor if all the impacts haven’t been evaluated <br />by reviewing agencies (i.e. DNR, railroads, others)? <br />It is difficult to obtain a complete agreement from reviewing agencies at the metro, <br />state, and federal level on the most "acceptable" alternative - usually are held <br />accountable for mitigation to the preferred corridor to satisfy agency concerns. <br />Has a master program plan been established for this project? <br />The prepared schedule of activities is the "plan" throu^ the scoping process prior to <br />beginning the EIS, and there is an over^ master plan that includes the scoping <br />study. <br />Meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.