I-295 / I-76 / Route 42 Interchange
Client:
Contact: 		NJDOT
Nick Caiazza

Relevant Project Features:
  • EIS Documentation
  • Socioeconomic / Land Use / Environmental Justice Technical Environmental Studies
  • Ecology/Wetlands Delineation
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          Dresdner Robin was responsible for the preparation of technical environmental studies and an Environmental Impact Statement for the I-295/I-76/Route 42 Interchange Reconstruction Project, which is located in Bellmawr, Mt. Ephraim, and Gloucester City, in Camden County, New Jersey. The project consists of two interchanges at the intersection of I-295, I-76, and NJ Route 42.

          The project is located within fully developed communities, in an area characterized by extensive freshwater and tidal wetlands. The proposed project is bordered by several community facilities including public schools, churches, parks, and recreational facilities. Dresdner Robin is responsible for the preparation of technical environmental studies of socioeconomic, land use, environmental justice, ecology, wetlands, and Section 4(f) involvement, as well as identifying all environmental permits required for the project. Other members of the project team will prepare technical environmental studies of air quality, noise, cultural resources, and hazardous materials.

          Field surveys, documentary research, and file reviews will be performed to establish baseline conditions and to assess the project's impacts. Dresdner Robin has developed a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) database to facilitate the analysis of potential impacts of the project.

          Twenty six alternatives were evaluated during the screening phase of the environmental review process. Five of these were then chosen for more detailed analysis as part of the preparation of Technical Environmental Studies within the context of an environmental impact statement.

          In 2005-2006, Dresdner Robin submitted the Ecological Technical Environmental Study as well as the Socioeconomic, Land Use and Environmental Justice Technical Environmental Study. These reports presented the existing conditions of the project area and evaluated, through the use of GIS analysis and community interviews, the potential impacts of the five proposed build alternatives.

    The next phase of the project will include the preparation of the EIS document.