Environmental Assessment Completed

Highway 70 Road Reconstruction

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Carbon, Wyoming Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is proposing to realign a portion of WYO Highway 70 between Baggs and Encampment, at reference marker (RM) 30.

Location

. The project is located in Carbon County within the Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest, 30 miles east of Baggs, 27 miles west of Encampment.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/15/2011
2
Comment Period
02/15/2012
3
Decision
03/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Improvements/Construction
WYO 70 Dry Sandstone SlideDecision Signed Date: 03/29/2012
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 87 W., R. 13 N. Section 9
Special use management