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Public comment heat map

TxDOT released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the North Houston Highway Improvement Project, or NHHIP, in 2020. Also known as the Final EIS, TxDOT received more than 400 written comments on the document. These comments came from agencies, elected officials, organizations, businesses, groups, and individuals. This Final EIS categories chart shows the nine most frequently mentioned comment categories. They are: Displacements in Housing, Air Quality, Deadline for Comments on the Final EIS, Drainage and Flood Mitigation, Multi-Modal Options, Environmental Justice, Project Design, Mobility and Traffic, and Community Impact. Other comment categories included Opposition to the Project, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change, Noise, Public Involvement, General Support, Indirect Impacts, Water Quality and Historical Resources.

Final EIS comments

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was signed on August 18, 2020 and was made available for agency and public review on September 25, 2020. The Final EIS was sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for filing the Notice of Availability, which appeared in the Federal Register on Friday, October 9, 2020. An additional notice was published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2020, extending the due date for comments from November 9, 2020, to December 9, 2020. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) continued to accept and consider comments postmarked or recieved by December 18, 2020. The Record of Decision (ROD) was announced on February 4, 2021.

More than 400 written comment submittals were received from agencies, elected officials, organizations, businesses, groups, and individuals in response to the Final EIS. The Final EIS Public Comments Categories chart reflects a synthesis of public comment submittals postmarked or received by December 18, 2020. The chart prioritizes frequently mentioned comment categories.

This Appendix B of the ROD document is intended to reflect and respond to the most frequently submitted comment topics received.