HDOT Climate Resilience Action Plan | May 2021

ETDM was one of the transportation decision-making innovations developed by FDOT in the late 1990s. ETDM allows FDOT and other stakeholder review of environmental impacts of transportation projects in the planning phase. Stakeholders involved in the ETDM process generally include Metropolitan Planning Organizations/Transportation Planning Organizations, county and municipal governments, Federal and State agencies, Native American tribes, and the public. This process provides stakeholders with the opportunity for early input, involvement, and coordination. The intent is to inform the development of scopes for projects advancing to the PD&E phase (Figure C-6) (FDOT 2020d). Coordination with external resource agency representatives occurs through an Environmental Screening Tool (EST), an Internet-accessible interactive database and mapping application. The EST provides quick, standardized Geographic Information System analyses, identifying potential natural, physical, cultural, and community resources present in the project area.

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