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... 5-1 Chapter 5 Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5.1 Introduction There are several opportunities to integrate pollinator conservation measures into transportation projects during the planning and project development processes. Early stages of project planning provide opportunities to avoid the most sensitive habitats, project design allows for inclusion of pollinator-friendly roadside features, and project construction provides opportunities to minimize construction impacts on pollinators and to integrate pollinator habitat into projects.
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-2 transportation needed, types of projects, and locations where projects are needed to meet transportation goals.
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-3 Figure 5-2.
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-4 are of particular conservation concern, such as monarch butterflies or other imperiled species)
From page 79...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-5 5.3.1 Federal Endangered Species Act Conservation Responsibilities It should be noted here that, as discussed in Chapter 4, the federal ESA Section 2(c)
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-6 Regional and Local Long-Range Transportation Planning Regional and local long-range transportation planning may occur within regional planning efforts such as Transportation Systems Plans (TSPs)
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-7 Early consideration and integration of public, stakeholder, and agency input may improve identification of sensitive biological resources and constraints, and can improve integration of environmental stewardship, help avoid impacts on sensitive resources, and reduce unforeseen project constraints and costs.
From page 82...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-8 Incorporating pollinator considerations and identifying funding to implement project features to meet pollinator needs will increase the likelihood of effective conservation.
From page 83...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-9 minimization, and mitigation.
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-10 Design (Plans, Specification, and Estimates)
From page 85...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-11 Box 5-3.
From page 86...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-12 • For short-term construction, plan construction activities so that they do not occur during sensitive times for the species.
From page 87...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-13 Table 5-1.
From page 88...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-14 Phase Conservation Opportunity Examples Identify Environmental Constraints Avoidance and Minimization Compensatory Mitigation Voluntary Habitat Enhancement Opportunities Short-range planning (2–4 year horizon/ yearly or every 2 years)
From page 89...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-15 Phase Conservation Opportunity Examples Identify Environmental Constraints Avoidance and Minimization Compensatory Mitigation Voluntary Habitat Enhancement Opportunities Project development Project initiation Confirm project description, scope, and conceptual design Identify Project Development Team (PDT)
From page 90...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-16 Phase Conservation Opportunity Examples Identify Environmental Constraints Avoidance and Minimization Compensatory Mitigation Voluntary Habitat Enhancement Opportunities Design Detailed project design, specification, and estimates prepared for advertisement, bid, and contract award Environmental commitments integrated into design Permits (2–4 years per project)
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... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-17 Phase Conservation Opportunity Examples Identify Environmental Constraints Avoidance and Minimization Compensatory Mitigation Voluntary Habitat Enhancement Opportunities Operations and maintenance (Ongoing)
From page 92...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-18 5.4 Case Study: A Wildlife Overpass for the Quino Checkerspot Butterfly In the 1990s, the County of Riverside and the City of Murrieta, California, initiated a project to extend Clinton Keith Road from Interstate 215 to State Route 79 to address the need for an additional east–west transportation corridor due to increased traffic demand.
From page 93...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-19 • Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)
From page 94...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-20 Figure 5-3.
From page 95...
... Chapter 5. Considering Imperiled Pollinators in Transportation Planning, Design, and Construction 5-21 regarding potential impacts from DOT operations and can inform negotiations with the USFWS regarding appropriate mitigation for unavoidable impacts.

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