The scope of the East Side Highway Corridor Study Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) process can be broken down into four major tasks.  The steps are as follows:

· Identify Stakeholders: A Project Study Group (PSG) will be formed and stakeholders will be identified. The final stakeholder involvement plan (SIP) will be developed.

· Develop Project Purpose: Public informational meetings with various groups throughout the community will be conducted. Project purpose meetings and context audits with the stakeholders will be conducted to develop a project purpose.

· Analyze Alternatives and Choose Preferred Alternative: A Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) will be identified from the stakeholders. The CAG will meet with the PSG to work towards developing and analyzing alternatives supported by the previously defined project purpose. Alternatives developed will then be presented to the

stakeholders for comment. If no major deviations are identified the PSG and CAG can hold the alternatives elimination meeting with the goal of a single corridor alignment being identified.

· Approval of Final Alternative: At a full stakeholder meeting, the final alternative is presented for approval.

In addition to the purpose and need statement, the Corridor Report will highlight the alternatives analysis that is conducted as described in earlier tasks.  The benefits and costs of the various alternatives considered will be highlighted to support the alternatives analysis.  The CSS approach for this project study will be documented in the Corridor Report along with the results from the public involvement activities.

 

This chart depicts how the project team envisions the Context Sensitive Solution process progressing for this project.

 

The project team will employ the process of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Context Sensitive Solutions.  http://www.dot.state.il.us/css/home.html

 

Public Involvement and

Context Sensitive Solutions

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