I-94 East-West Corridor 70th Street to 16th Street Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Wisconsin DOT Project I.D. 1060-27-00 Record of Decision September 2016 Contents Decision ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Corrections ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 New Information Following Final EIS Publication ................................................................................................ 5 Alternatives Considered ..................................................................................................................................... 7 No-Build Alternative ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Transportation System Management Alternative .......................................................................................... 7 Region-wide Public Transit and Transportation Demand Management Alternative ..................................... 8 Build Alternatives ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Replace-in-Kind Alternative ............................................................................................................... 8 Spot Improvement Alternatives ........................................................................................................ 8 Modernization Alternatives ............................................................................................................... 8 Selected Alternative ........................................................................................................................................... 9 West Segment ............................................................................................................................................... 10 West Project Construction Limit (Reflects Refinement) .................................................................. 12 The 68th Street/70th Street Interchange ......................................................................................... 12 Hawley Road Interchange (Reflects Refinement) ............................................................................ 13 Mitchell Boulevard Interchange ...................................................................................................... 14 Off-Interstate Improvements (Reflects Refinement) ....................................................................... 14 East Segment ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Stadium Interchange ....................................................................................................................... 16 35th Street and 27th Street Interchanges ......................................................................................... 18 Auxiliary Lane along Eastbound I-94 between 35th Street and 27th Streets (Reflects Refinement) . 18 th th th Local Roadway Improvements at 25 , 26 , 27 Streets and West St. Paul Avenue (Reflects Refinement) ........................................................................................................................ 19 th I-94 Alignment East of 25 Street (Reflects Refinement) ................................................................ 21 TSM and TDM Measures ............................................................................................................................... 22 Environmental Impacts of the Selected Alternative .......................................................................................... 22 Cost ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act ...................................................................................................... 23 National Historic Preservation Act .................................................................................................................... 24 Regional Transportation Planning .................................................................................................................... 24 Section 4(f) Findings ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers’ National Historic Landmark (Soldiers’ Home NHL) ....................................................................................................................... 25 Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers’ Historic District (Soldiers’ Home Historic District) ............................................................................................................................... 26 Section 6(f) Findings ......................................................................................................................................... 26 Measures to Minimize Harm and Environmental Commitments ....................................................................... 26 Transportation Service .................................................................................................................................. 26 Utilities 28 Residential Development.............................................................................................................................. 28 Commercial Development ............................................................................................................................ 29 Institutional and Public Services ................................................................................................................... 30 II RECORD OF DECISION: I-94 EAST WEST CORRIDOR Socioeconomics ............................................................................................................................................ 31 Environmental Justice ................................................................................................................................... 31 Visual Character/Aesthetics .......................................................................................................................... 32 Surface Water and Fishery ............................................................................................................................ 32 Environmental Corridors and Natural Areas ................................................................................................ 34 Floodplains and Hydraulics ........................................................................................................................... 34 Groundwater and Water Supply ................................................................................................................... 34 Wetlands ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 Avoid and Minimize Wetland Impacts ............................................................................................. 35 Wetland Compensation ................................................................................................................... 35 Wetland Finding ............................................................................................................................... 36 Wildlife .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Threatened and Endangered Species ........................................................................................................... 36 Noise ............................................................................................................................................................. 36 Air Quality ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 Hazardous Materials ..................................................................................................................................... 38 Potential Contaminated Sites .......................................................................................................... 38 Cemeteries .................................................................................................................................................... 39 Historic Properties ........................................................................................................................................ 39 Archaeological Resources ............................................................................................................................. 40 Recreational Resources / Public Use Land .................................................................................................... 40 Construction ................................................................................................................................................. 41 Transportation Management