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DEIS Technical Committee

   

Overview of DEIS Technical Committee

Project oversight is carried out by a DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Statement) Technical Committee. The DEIS Technical Committee is comprised of staff representatives from each of the jurisdictions within the study area as well as agencies within the region. The DEIS Technical Committee meets monthly and at key milestones throughout the study process to provide guidance, discuss interim results, and review draft products. Some of those milestones include the development of a Purpose and Need Statement and study goals and objectives; review of environmental analysis and conceptual engineering; ridership forecasting results; evaluation of alternatives; and the preparation of the Alternatives Analysis. DDOT Director Norman White chairs the DEIS Technical Committee. Organizations that comprise the DEIS Technical Committee are listed below: 
  • Mayor’s Office
  • Representative Carolyn Kilpatrick’s Office
  • Senator Debbie Stabenow
  • City of Detroit
  • City of Highland Park
  • HP Devco, Inc.
  • Detroit Transportation Corporation
  • Wayne County
  • Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
  • Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
  • Michigan Department of Transportation
  • Regional Transit Coordinating Council
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • Federal Transit Administration
  • Detroit Department of Transportation