Certified Final Connect SoCal Program Environmental Impact Report
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), as Lead Agency, has prepared a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (SCH#2019011061) in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for Connect SoCal (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.
The Draft PEIR was released December 9, 2019 for a 45-day public review and comment period, which ended January 24, 2020. A public workshop took place at SCAG’s Los Angeles Office located at 900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90017 on Thursday, January 9, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Following a cooperative and comprehensive planning process with stakeholders, SCAG has made available a Proposed Final PEIR. SCAG sincerely thanks everyone who provided feedback during this process. Public input was incorporated into the proposed Final PEIR through corrections and additions and all comments were responded to. The proposed Final PEIR is a continuation to the Draft PEIR and is comprised of the following: Complete Draft PEIR, Chapter 8.0, Introduction, Chapter 9.0, Response to Comments, and Chapter 10.0, Corrections and Additions, and Appendices.
The complete Connect SoCal 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.
The Final PEIR was certified on May 7, 2020 by the Regional Council.