Environmental stewardship

• More than seven miles of stream restoration

• 52 acres of wetlands creation

• 1,500 linear feet of fish passage work, which will allow fish to reach prime spawning areas

• 21 projects aimed at improving water quality and protecting fish

• About 4,300 acres of water quality and stormwater management improvements

• 44 bridges and culverts to provide safe passage for deer and other animals

• More than 775 acres of new park land

But the ICC traverses through a diverse natural environment, protected park land, crowded urban areas and historic neighborhoods. Protecting and enhancing that sensitive environment is at the heart of the project.

About $370 million — more than 15 percent of the project’s estimated cost — will go toward environmental

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initiatives, including practices that minimize the impact of stormwater runoff, the replacement of park land used by the ICC with new land and stewardship programs aimed at correcting problems from past development. “During design, we tried to avoid and minimize impacts to environmental resources as much as possible,” said Anthony Bednarik, business development manager for G.A. & F.C. Wagman, Inc., which is involved in two of the project’s five contracts. G.A. & F.C. Wagman

Tighter fuel economy standards are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 900 million metric tons

between 2012 and 2016.

Source: Obama Administration “National Fuel Efficiency Policy: Good For Consumers, Good For The Economy And Good For The Country,” 2009

is part of two joint ventures on the project. Intercounty Constructors, the first joint venture with Granite Construction Co. and Corman Construction, created seven miles from I-370 to MD 97 in Montgomery County. The second, MD200 Constructors with

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Kiewit Southern Co. and Corman, constructed seven miles of the ICC just east of MD 97 to west of U.S. 29.

Dedicated to the environment

Contractors used a comprehensive set of avoidance, minimization and mitigation measures to protect the environment and benefit the project area and beyond. For example, the engineering and construction budget will fund more than 50 off- site environmental and community improvement projects.

The project uses an independent environmental monitor who reports to environmental regulatory agencies. “We had additional work crews designated to monitor everything we did for the environment — such as erosion and sedimentation devices and the fences delineating sensitive resources,” Bednarik said. “We did noise and vibration monitoring to minimize disruption to people living near the construction.” Additionally, G.A. & F.C. Wagman focused extra effort on reducing emissions with low-sulfur diesel fuel and low-emission equipment.

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