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Community Outreach The objective of the community outreach program is to solicit input through an open, dynamic process that includes as many of the residents, businesses, property owners, agencies, stakeholders, and community groups within the study area as possible. The process has been structured to involve people early and often, and to share information as it becomes available. Community outreach for the I-70 East EIS has used a variety of techniques, including:
We have used a variety of techniques to ensure meaningful involvement from the community. The outreach process was designed to be personal and extensive.
Advertising Advertisements are placed in weekly newspapers, Denver daily newspapers, and other relevant local publications to announce meetings and other important study information. Look for ads in the Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News, El Seminario, El Hispano, Denver Urban Spectrum, Denver Weekly News, La Voz, and other local publications. Website The project website is being used to disseminate information and provide a schedule of events. The site includes English and Spanish options and includes features such as an on-line feedback form, an automatic update email distribution for when new information is posted, a location for media information, and technical documents or reports. The website is updated on a regular basis with the intent of providing real-time project information.
Corridor-Wide and Neighborhood-Specific Meetings Corridor-wide and neighborhood meetings have been conducted at major project milestones or for specific topics and provide opportunities for the community to interact with the project team and discuss project issues and recommendations.
The Highway Working Group includes members of all of the highway-related working groups (community impacts, interchanges, alternate routes, bike/pedestrian/open space, economic development, trucking/motor carriers) from the I-70 East Corridor project. The group has discussed issues and approaches to various project concerns and is open to anyone.
Various agency committees have been meeting throughout the project to discuss issues and develop recommendations. Forums are provided at these committee meetings to hear community input.
Scoping is a formal coordination process used to gain input on the extent of the project and the major issues that need to be addressed. In the scoping portion of the study, which is now complete, the project team met with the community, stakeholders, and numerous government agencies to identify issues in over 50 scoping meetings. Through these meetings participants offered numerous ideas about transportation-related issues in the corridor. Major topic areas identified in scoping included:
Issues unrelated to the EIS that were brought up during the scoping process have been passed on to appropriate agencies. A summary of the community outreach and scoping process has been documented in a Scoping Report, available for review at the project office.
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