Hartle Road PD&E
  in Lake County, Florida

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Public Involvement

This public involvement page together with the rest of the web site has been developed to keep you informed during the Hartle Road PD&E Study. Coordination has occurred with local governments, permitting agencies and the public during the study process. Newsletters were mailed periodically to elected and appointed officials, property owners, interested persons and the media.

One of the first documents developed during the PD&E Study, the Public Involvement Program (PIP), is used to identify potential social and economic effects of the project, establish pro-active public outreach programs that will be maintained through completion of the study and to incorporate input from the elected/appointed officials, residents, governmental agencies, business owners, and interested persons into the improvement design process. The main goals of the program are to:

• Facilitate involvement and participation from the affected community;

• Distribute pertinent project related information;

• Solicit public input to the development of improvement alternatives;

• Incorporate public input into the decision-making process; and

• Determine the level of project acceptance.

The PIP identified the following opportunities for those interested in the project to gather information and to be involved in the project:

• Agency coordination

• Alternatives public meeting

• Meetings with community leaders including: MPOs, City and County commission meetings, and others as the need arises

• BCC Briefing/Hearing

• Project newsletter#1

• Project newsletter #2

• Project newsletter #3

• Project flyers

• Notifications in the local media

• This Web site

Alternatives Public Meeting

Lake County conducted  an Alternatives Public Meeting on May 4, 2006, and  presented several alignment alternatives for the Hartle Road corridor. The purpose of the meeting was to describe the progress of the study to date and to solicit public input concerning the alternatives developed for the project. The multi-disciplinary study team, consisting of planners, transportation engineers and environmental engineers, have worked with the local residents, property owners, local officials, business owners, and other interested parties to discuss the improvements and how they relate to or impact the community. The results of the meeting have been used, along with all information developed during the study, to analyze the alternatives and to identify the preferred alternative.

Public Hearing

Lake County conducted a Briefing/Hearing to present the preferred alignment to the Lake County Board of County Commissioners and to afford interested persons the opportunity to express their views concerning the alternative on October 17, 2006. Aerial photographs, conceptual improvement plans and project related information were on display for public review throughout the public hearing.

Following the presentation by the study team and the comments from the public, the Lake County BCC unanimously approved the Hartle Road PD&E Study preferred alternatives, a combination of alignments 2AA or 2A and 2G. More information regarding these alignments can be found on the Study Details page of this Web site.