Environmental Assessment for Granting a Special Use Permit to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for Safety Improvements to US-31E

The National Park Service (NPS) is considering the granting of a Special Use Permit at the Lincoln Boyhood Home (LBH) Unit of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for a roadway improvement project (KYTC Item #4-8504). This Environmental Assessment describes and analyzes the potential environmental impacts associated with the granting of a Special Use Permit for the proposed action.

The purpose of this project is to correct roadway geometric deficiencies that currently exist on US-31E in LaRue County between mile points 16.3 and 18.6. These deficiencies have contributed to numerous severe crashes on this section of US 31E over the past several decades. In addition to correcting these deficiencies, an additional purpose of this project is to protect several areas of US-31E from further erosion caused by Knob Creek. The limits of the proposed work go beyond the boundaries of the LBH Unit and include a number of spot improvements

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US-31E Roadway Improvements Environmental Assessment, Part 1 of 4   (4.1 MB, PDF file) US-31E Roadway Improvements Environmental Assessment, Part 2 of 4   (8.3 MB, PDF file) US-31E Roadway Improvements Environmental Assessment, Part 3 of 4   (4.5 MB, PDF file) US-31E Roadway Improvements Environmental Assessment, Part 4 of 4   (8.5 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.