What will FHWA study?
FHWA will study at minimum the items noted in Section 1927, i.e., the cost of construction and the steps needed to construct highways in both corridors. Determining a cost estimate will require some identification of such factors as alternative locations, the geographic and environmental impacts that will have to be addressed as well as, for example, land costs. Section 1927 did not require the FHWA to make a recommendation on whether to build either corridor, and the FHWA does not intend to do so. FHWA generally considers such decisions to be the province of State, regional and local officials.
