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IMPACT:

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Standing structures and archaeological resources exist within the I-49 Connector study corridor. These features were inventoried and mapped during the alternatives development process. Measures were taken to avoid impact to any of the properties listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the Selected Alternative accomplishes this.

A study was performed in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act. The Selected Alternative will have unavoidable visual impacts to the Sterling Grove Historic District. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed by FHWA, LaDOTD, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), and endorsed by the three committees of the Lafayette Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Lafayette City-Parish Planning Commission as consulting parties. The visual impacts identified from the Section 106 process will be mitigated as described under Sterling Grove Historic District.

COMMITMENT:

A Plan of Archaeological Investigations for the Selected Alternative has also been established as part of the MOA for the project. The Plan provides for completing the archaeological investigations in conjunction with the corridor preservation plan developed for the project and the anticipated gradual acquisition of right of way.

The FHWA and LaDOTD will ensure that the investigation provisions of the Plan of Archaeological Investigations are carried out as stated in the MOA.

MITIGATION:

If needed, based on the investigations, appropriate mitigation will be coordinated in conjunction with the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO).

STATUS:

The various tasks outlined in the Plan of Archaeological Investigations for the Selected Alternative of the I-49 Connector along with the status of each are shown in the table below.

STANDING STRUCTURES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
R/W Acquisition StagePhase 1
Survey		Phase II*
Site Testing		Phase III*
Mitigation		Unmarked Burial Discovery Plan**
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*To be conducted if applicable based on the results of Phase I Survey.
**To be conducted only if needed based on the results of Phases I, II, and III.

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