| e-Guide: Project Development |
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| Overview |
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Once a project is funded and a formal Project Development Team (PDT) or Project Management Team (PMT) is established, a kick-off meeting is held and Design and Environmental Review and Permitting begins. Link to Larger Figure Below.
For most ODOT projects—Class 2s, or Categorical Exclusions (CEs)—the REC and Project Leader work together to gather and compile data and information, in concert with design, with the ultimate goal of obtaining Environmental Permits, and other approvals, which allow the project to be bid, let, and constructed. Design and permitting typically take one to two years to complete for Class 2 projects, and can take longer for the most complex Class 2 projects.
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For NEPA Class 1 and 3 projects, which require EIS/EA documentation, design in the NEPA phase (goal of around 30%, or enough design to determine impacts) can take between one and five years to complete before final design occurs. Some permits are required during the NEPA phase, and some have to wait until final design commences and NEPA has been completed and approved by FHWA.
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For Class 1 and 3 projects, the EPM also works closely with the project leader and manages an environmental team typically comprised of ODOT specialists, partner agency staff, and consultants and may include design and other non-environmental tasks needed to complete the NEPA review and approval phase.
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Click on the following links for more guidance on how design works with environmental review, NEPA, and permitting to achieve the best overall project delivery possible.
FHWA’s Project Development Guidance
ODOT Project Development Guidance (PD-02)
ODOT Quality Assurance & Control
(see Quality Plan examples—good for overall descriptions of environmental, and other, processes and deliverables in each design phase)
Region 2 Quality Plan
Region 1 Quality Plan
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| Contacts - Project Development |
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| FOR STATEWIDE PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE |
*Contact the staff listed below within the appropriate Section:
*Statewide NEPA Program Coordinator
*Geo-Environmental Section Manager
Project Delivery Unit at 503-986-3473
Geo-Environmental Section (Salem) 503-986-4200
GeoEnvironmental Homepage
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| FOR REGION PROJECT DELIVERY GUIDANCE |
*Contact the staff listed below within the appropriate Region:
*Region Environmental Coordinator (REC)
*Region NEPA Project Manager (EPM)
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Portland
Salem
Roseburg
Bend
La Grande
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503-731-8200
503-986-2600
541-774-6299
541-388-6032
541-963-3177
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| FOR LOCAL AGENCY PROJECT GUIDANCE |
Local Agency Liaisons & Program Coordinators (includes all Region LALs)
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