Social & community

Find resources to guide your Social and Community Effects Analysis for EAs and EISs.

Read the Community Engagement Plan to learn how to engage with partners, stakeholders, tribes and communities throughout project delivery.

If a pre-NEPA planning study was done, reference what was heard by the community. Use the community feedback in developing your project-specific engagement efforts and design.

Only do a Social and Community Effects Analysis for Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Statement (EA/EIS) level projects.

Define the study area

Consider how the project could have impacts on Social and Community resources to create a study area for the Social and Community Effects Analysis, especially:

  • Noise
  • Air Quality
  • Visual Impacts
  • Transportation
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Public Utilities
  • Public Services
  • Cultural Resources
  • Hazardous Materials

Learn more about work zone safety

Slow down – lives are on the line.

Drive the posted speeds, they’re there for your safety.

Phone down, eyes up.

Pay attention – both to workers directing you and to surrounding traffic.

Stay calm

Expect delays, leave early or take an alternate route if possible; no appointment is worth risking someone’s life.