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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the US 281 EIS Joint Lead Agencies (TxDOT and the Alamo RMA) have created a Peer Technical Review Committee (PTRC) to provide a range of expertise at key coordination points throughout the EIS process including: Development of the Need and Purpose to improve the US 281 corridor; Identification of the range of improvement options for the US 281 corridor; Collaboration on overall methods used for the US 281 EIS; Completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Identification and refinement of the Preferred Alternative; and Completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement.

The Committee, which is chaired by FHWA as the responsible federal agency, had its first meeting in November 2009 and will continue to work cooperatively throughout the project to provide input on data and methodologies for the Environmental impact Statement process.

Members of the Peer Technical Review Committee include: Federal Highway Administration; Alamo Regional Mobility Authority; Texas Department of Transportation; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Edwards Aquifer Authority; Bexar County; San Antonio – Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization; VIA Metropolitan Transit; San Antonio Water System; and City of San Antonio. Learn more about these organizations by visiting their websites.

The next US 281 Public Meeting #3 is now scheduled for April 2010. Keep checking the www.411on281.com website for more information.