Determining Mitigation Costs Early in Project Development

Focus Area

NEPA Process

Subcommittee

Environmental Process

Status

Archived

Cost

Unknown

Timeframe

Unknown

Research Idea Scope

This research would identify best practices for early identification of environmental mitigation requirements and the cost of implementing such mitigation.

TERI Administrator Note (Feb 2009) – Research Completed under NCHRP 25-25 (39)
https://environment.transportation.org/pdf/proj_delivery_stream/nchrp25-25task%2039report.pdf

Urgency and Payoff

The cost of environmental mitigation measures should be factored into the alternatives screening and selection process.

Suggested By

Bill Hauser, AASHTO Subcommittee on Community and Cultural Concerns

[email protected]

Submitted

08/17/2006