Studies

What's Being Done

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is currently conducting a location study for a proposed northeast bypass around the town of Bridgewater.

Through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, the project team, using input from the public and from various agencies:

• Examines transportation problems such as road capacity, mobility and access
  
  
• Develops solutions to those problems
  
  
• Evaluates the impacts of the solutions

Project Updates

The project team is currently developing alternatives and documenting the impacts of these alternatives in an Environmental Assessment (EA) to comply with NEPA.

PDFs

• Candidate build alternatives (3.5 MB)
• Environmental assessment (2.15 MB)
  
  
  • Air quality technical report (317 KB) 
  • Archaeological technical report (2.5 MB)
  • Architectural technical report (3.5 MB)
  • Noise technical report (12 MB)

 

A public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 16, 2008, at Turner Ashby High School in Bridgewater.

• Public hearing newsletter (1.4 MB)
• Public hearing comment form (141 KB)
• Meeting display boards (1.19 MB)
   

Contacts

Nicholas Nies, (804) 786-1092