Study Milestones/Status  

• Study Kickoff Symposium – April 1999
• Base Mapping & Data Collection – Completed in spring 2000
• Corridor Identification (40+ alternatives) – Defined in April 2000
• Initial Corridor Screening – Completed in August 2000
• Second-level Corridor Impact Analysis – Completed in June 2001
• Technical Review and Public Outreach to Define Preferred Corridor(s) – On-going
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) – Completed in February 2002
• Public Hearing – Held in March 2002
• Comment Period – Closed April 30, 2002
• Preferred Corridor Identified – December 2002
• Obtain new detailed mapping of preferred corridors, 2003
• Develop preliminary highway designs, 2004
• Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) – July 2006
• SDEIS Public Hearings – August 14-15-16, 2006
• SDEIS Public Comment Period – Closed August 31, 2006
• Developed additional Alignment Options for Segments 4 and 7
  – Completed in August 2007
• USACE Highway Methodology Phase I Avoidance document
  (Segments 4 and 7) – Completed October 2007
• USACE Highway Methodology Phase II Permit Application
  (Segments 4 and 7) – Completed June 2008
• Presque Isle Bypass (Segment 7) Economic Impact Study – Completed November 29, 2007
• USACE Highway Methodology Phase II Permit Application (Segments 4 and 7) – Caribou Connector 1-161 Identified Preferred Alternative/Least Environmentally Damaging Practical Alternative (LEDPA) in September 2008 (Presque Isle Bypass under review at USACE)
• Tier 1 FEIS for ACTS and Tier 2 FEIS for Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou – Completed December 2009
• ROD for Tier 1 FEIS for ACTS and Tier 2 FEIS for Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou – Expected March 2010
• Tier 2 FEIS for Presque Isle Bypass – Expected completion September 2010
• ROD for Tier 2 FEIS for the Presque Isle Bypass – Expected December 2010