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Large scale maps for the alternative routes will show watersheds, aquifer boundaries (but not recharge areas), threatened and endangered species, parks, forests, “sensitive areas,” National Register sites, and scenic rivers while smaller scale maps for the study corridors and alignment corridors will delineate steeply sloped areas, Wetlands, high probability for cultural sites, the 100-year flood plain, aquifer boundaries, and prime and unique agricultural lands. The mapping process will demonstrate “how these things overlay” and effort will be made to avoid having fragile environmental areas impacted by “development engendered by the transportation facility,” the engineer said.
To questions from Loudoun’s legislative liason Memory Porter, he confirmed that Agricultural and Forestal Districts and open space easements held by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation will be included in the environmental inventory. “We have that information for some counties. We’ll make sure we get it for the rest.”
A Montgomery County planner contended that maps for the bypass study to be used in the initial evaluation of alternative routes should show local land use plans. “There are planned uses of land that should be mapped . . . (areas planned for specific uses which) should be avoided just as much as wetlands, critical^ areas, or eagle habitat.”
While maintaining “it’s hard to" map a marshmallow that’s moving around,” Mr. Bellomo replied that the consulting firm intends to show zoning designations and “planned land uses” on maps for the study.
Cost and financing
“I’m not prepared to give out any numbers with press in the room,” said Mr. Pederson, responding to a request for a “back-of-the-envelope ball park figure” for either the eastern or western alternative. “But it will be in the many hundreds of millions of dollars.”
As to the how of financing, the two highway departments must grapple with that issue, Maryland’s highway planning director said.
“We need to go through the study process to determine if there’s something to pursue . .. We need to establish that we have the potential for a project before we begin chasing after the dollars,” said Dick Lockwood, director of planning for the Virginia Department of Transportation. “If we had a project on the shelf
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