Community impacts include Environmental Justice (EJ), Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and Title VI.

The goal of the community impacts assessment process is to examine how TxDOT’s projects will permanently affect the communities. This assessment examines displacements, changes to access and travel patterns, and changes to community cohesion to determine if it will be affected after the project is complete.

To ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Executive Order on Environmental Justice, projects are examined to determine if they will unduly burden minority and/or low-income populations. Additionally, this assessment ensures that populations that do not speak English fluently have an equal opportunity to participate in the public involvement process.