Environmental Assessment
Cover, Table of Contents, Acronyms
Chapter 1: Purpose and Need
Chapter 2: Alternatives
Chapter 3: Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
Chapter 4: Comments and Coordination
References and Preparers
Appendix A: Comments and Coordination
Appendix B: Supporting Information
Public Hearing/Comment Period
A public hearing to discuss the proposed project is scheduled for February 15, 2012, at the St. George City Council Chambers, 175 East 200 North, St. George, Utah, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. During the meeting you will have the opportunity to submit verbal and/or written comments. The meeting will be accessible according to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The official comment period for the EA is from February 1, 2012, to March 2, 2012. Comments on the EA must be postmarked or e-mailed to the Bluff Street project team by March 2, 2012. Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
Postal mail to the following address:
Bluff Street Study
c/o H.W. Lochner
1245 East Brickyard Road, Suite 400
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Hard copies of the EA are available for public review at the following locations during regular business hours:
Washington County Library, St. George Branch, 88 West 100 South, St. George, Utah
City of St. George, 175 East 200 North, St. George, Utah
UDOT Region 4 Headquarters, 210 West 800 South, Richfield, Utah
FHWA, 2520 West 4700 South, Suite 9A, Salt Lake City, Utah
H.W. Lochner, 113 East 200 North, #3, St. George, Utah, and 1245 East Brickyard Road, Ste. 400, Salt Lake City, Utah
Related Project Documents
Bluff St Study Video
Bluff St Build Alternative Visualization
Intersection Concepts
2006 Bluff St Corridor Study Report (20 Mb)
Winter 2010 Newsletter
Bluff Business Group Minutes: February 2011
Stakeholder Group Minutes: February 2011
Business Group Minutes: July 2011
Stakeholder Group Minutes: July 2011
Stakeholder Working Group Presentation: September 2011
Winter 2011 Newsletter
St George Blvd. and Bluff St. Intersection
Sunset Blvd. and Bluff St. Intersection
Bluff Street: St. George Blvd to Red Hills Pkwy.
Bluff Street businesses and residents weigh in on future improvements
Business owners and operators and residents living on or near Bluff Street are working with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to develop a plan for future improvements to Bluff Street between St. George Boulevard and Red
Hills Parkway.
UDOT held the first round of working group meetings with business people and residents in late March.
Serving on the Stakeholder Working Group, which is resident-focused, are the following:
Richard Kohler, Sunstone Condominiums
Leon Kennedy, The Ridge at St. George
Kent Perkins, City of SG Director of Leisure Services (Bluff Street Park)
Robert Amoroso, resident
Thales Derrick, Community Action Team #1
Curt Hutchings, St. George Metropolitan Planning Organization
Mark Goble, City of SG Parks and Recreation
The Business Working Group, which is focused on business impacts, consists of the following:
Tom Glade, Cherry Creek Radio
Ed Cox, Executive Director, St. George Chamber of Commerce
LaRene Cox, Colorland Sales and Service
Matt Loo, City of SG Director of Development Services (Dixie Red Hills Golf Course)
Gilbert Jennings, President, JMI
Sam Stoddard, Sherwin Williams
Both working groups raised the issues of loss of parking, acquisition of businesses, and landscaping.
UDOT's environmental study of Bluff Street covers the section of highway from St. George Boulevard to Red Hills Parkway. Funds for that final design, land acquisition and construction have not been identified in UDOT's work program.
H.W. Lochner, an engineering firm, plans to have the UDOT study completed by Spring of 2012.
If interested, please contact Carlye Summers at 801-859-3770 or at bluffstreet@utah.gov.