State Route 168 Middle-Mile Broadband Network Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024110560
Public Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 6
(DOT)
Document Title
State Route 168 Middle-Mile Broadband Network Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/18/2024
Document Description
Work would include the installation of subsurface broadband conduit and fiber, the installation of network repeater hubs at approximately 50-mile intervals, as well as the installation of vaults (Pull, Splice, and Buried) at various locations.
Contact Information
Name
John Thomas
Agency Name
California Department of Transportation
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Clovis
Counties
Fresno
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
State Route 168 and Shepherd avenue
State Highways
State Route 168
Other Location Info
Postmile R 6.67 to 18.55
Other Information
EA 06-1F361_
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC 21080(b); 14 CCR 15260 et seq.
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed scope of work as described is exempt form CEQA. Senate Bill 156 added Sec. 21080.51 to the California Public Resources Code which statutorily exempts linear broadband deployment within 30 feet of existing rights-of-way.
County Clerk
Fresno
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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