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Consultants outline multi-year scoping and environmental-assessment process for Zim Smith Trail
Summary
GPI consultants told the Saratoga County Open Space Committee that 14 route concepts will be screened in a scoping report; they estimate a roughly 12-month scoping phase and a separate 12-month federal EA, pushing construction several years out and leaving funding decisions contingent on federal review.
Amanda Kinley, project manager for GPI, told the Saratoga County Open Space Committee that the Zim Smith Trail project has moved back into a scoping phase after meetings with the New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Kinley said the change was prompted by potential impacts associated with a preferred route identified in earlier work and that her team will screen 14 route concepts to find a feasible build option.
Kinley said the scoping report will "establish purpose, need, and objectives of the project," and will be used to screen the 14 concepts so the team does not advance all options. "We're estimating maybe a 12-month duration for the scoping…
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