Certified Final Connect SoCal 2020 Program Environmental Impact Report

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), as Lead Agency, prepared a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (SCH#2019011061) in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for Connect SoCal 2020 (2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy). The PEIR serves as a programmatic document that conducts a region-wide assessment of potential significant environmental effects of Connect SoCal 2020.

The Connect SoCal 2020 Draft PEIR was released Dec. 9, 2019, for a 45-day public review and comment period, which ended Jan. 24, 2020. A public workshop took place at SCAG’s main office located at 900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90017 on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Following a cooperative and comprehensive planning process with stakeholders, SCAG incorporated public input into the Connect SoCal 2020 Final PEIR through corrections and additions and responding to all comments. The Final PEIR is a continuation to the Draft PEIR and is comprised of the following: Complete Connect SoCal 2020 Draft PEIR, Chapter 8.0, Introduction, Chapter 9.0, Response to Comments, and Chapter 10.0, Corrections and Additions, and Appendices.

The Connect SoCal 2020 Final PEIR was certified on May 7, 2020, by the Regional Council.

The complete Connect SoCal 2020 PEIR is available for download by chapter or as one file. Please note that due to the large file size of the complete report, we strongly recommend that you download it onto your computer before opening the file. All files are in the PDF format.