The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes to raise the bridge on 140th Street over Interstate 29 in Monona County. The proposed improvement will have an impact on Badger Lake Wildlife Management Area.

The Iowa DOT invites the public to review and comment on the anticipated de minimis effect of the I-29 project on protected activities, features and attributes of Badger Lake Wildlife Management Area.

De minimis impacts on publicly owned parks, recreation areas, and wildlife and waterfowl refuges are defined as those that do not “adversely affect the activities, features and attributes” of protected properties pursuant to 49 United States Code section 303 or commonly referred to as section 4(f).

For additional information on the anticipated de minimis effect, please contact: Jorge Zamora, Iowa DOT Office of Location and Environment, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA  50010, telephone 515-239-1251

Visit the Iowa DOT’s project-related news release website athttp://www.iowadot.gov/ole/otherprojectinfo.html   for opportunities to offer input to the Iowa DOT during the development of certain projects.

(IA-DOT Press Release)