Preliminary ARDS Recommendations Final Approved ARDS
Summary of Impacts for the Preliminary Alternatives
* NOTE: ARDS = Alternative Retained for Detailed Study - These are recommendations .
After the December 2007 public workshop, the MCDOT continued meeting with agencies, stakeholders and communities to learn their concerns and receive input. Subsequently, alternatives were modified, additional studies were performed and recommendations for alternatives to be retained were revised. The following ARDS modifications were proposed:
In 2010, MCDOT submitted the June 2010 ARDS Recommendations and November 29, 2010 Modified ARDS Recommendations to three federal and state environmental regulatory agencies - US Army Corps of Engineers, US Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland Department of the Environment - for their review and concurrence. The ARDS recommendations reflect the additional studies, agency input, stakeholder recommendations and public comments received subsequent to the December 12, 2007 public workshop. MCDOT is pleased to inform you that in January and February 2011, the three environmental regulatory agencies granted concurrence on the ARDS proposed by MCDOT in the November 29, 2010 Modified ARDS Recommendations.
The approved ARDS includes six (6) alignment alternatives and three (3) M-83 master plan northern terminus options that will be carried forward for detailed study as follows:
Please click here to view a map of the Final ARDS (pdf, 12.3mb)
June 2010 ARDS Recommendations (pdf, 29.5mb) November 29, 2010 Modified ARDS Recommendations (pdf, 3.3mb) Corps Concurrence (pdf, 68kb) EPA Concurrence (pdf, 112kb) MDE Concurrence (pdf, 57kb)