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IPOD Abstract for presentation (Poster or Podium)

Social Equity, Justice, and Welfare

1666310 - Centering Equity Into the Process and Outcomes for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program

Sunday, June 16, 2024

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM ET

Room: 216

Primary Author(s)

Greg Johnson, PE (he/him/his)

Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Program Administrator
Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Program
Vancouver, Washington, United States

Presenter(s)

Greg Johnson, PE (he/him/his)

Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Program Administrator
Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Program
Vancouver, Washington, United States

Submitter(s)

BS

Bryan Stebbins

Interstate Bridge Replacement Program
Vancouver, Washington, United States

Abstract: The IBR program is using previous planning work to maximize investments and support efficient decision-making. The IBR program has re-engaged partner agencies, residents, and community partners to identify physical and contextual changes that have occurred within the program area since the previous planning effort. The IBR program’s endorsed Modified Locally Preferred Alternative identifies the foundational elements to be analyzed through a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. As part of our commitment to provide ongoing and inclusive engagement opportunities to gather feedback, we have had over 35,000 touch points with community members over the past two years. The community has shared they want a replacement bridge and they also shared their priorities relating to equity and climate. We are listening to the community and acting on these concerns by centering equity and climate in all we do as we work to build a modern replacement bridge. The IBR Program is committed to centering equity throughout every element of the program and all of its critical decisions, actions, and outcomes. This presentation will demonstrate how the program is engaging the community by elevating voices of equity priority communities to understand and address the impacts of long-standing injustices disproportionately experienced by these communities.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees can expect to learn the following from this session:

Create an understanding of how ODOT and WSDOT are centering equity and prioritizing the voices of those historically and currently excluded from decision-making processes and underserved by transportation projects
Discuss how the program is working to achieve process and outcome equity
Describe the process of incorporating an equity analysis, beyond the Federally-mandated Environmental Justice analysis, into the environmental review process