126 widening: Veneta to Eugene

ODOT planning bigger highway to expand Veneta

 

under construction

 

NEPA process - 2018 $3 million appropriated

 

 

remnant of WEP - segmentation to avoid disclosure

WEP final section (without main parts)

 

Clean Water Act, Section 4(f), technically difficult and expensive

 

 

"causeway" - Senator Prozanski - 2001

 

 

Envision - Expand Eugene: urbanize farmland between Eugene and Fern Ridge reservoir

 

cheaper alternative - passing lane, slower speed