[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-680]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Environmental Impact Statement: Allegheny and Washington
Counties, Pennsylvania
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an
Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for proposed
transportation improvements between State Route 60 and US Route 22,
known locally as a Southern Beltway Transportation Project and the
Findlay Connector, in Allegheny and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania.
This notice supersedes the Notice of Intent published in the Federal
Register, Volume 58, No. 154, Page 43005, on August 12, 1993, for the
Southern Beltway, and the Notice of Intent published in the Federal
Register, Volume 56, No. 209, Pages 55707 and 55708 on October 29,
1991, for the Findlay Connector.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David W. Cough, District Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 228
Walnut Street, Room 558, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1720, Telephone: (717)
782-3411; Daryl L. Kerns, Turnpike Liaison Engineer, Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, 1113 Transportation & Safety Building,
Harrisburg, PA 17120, Telephone: (717) 787-0185; or Paul A. Edmunds,
Acting Chief Engineer, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, P.O. Box
67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676, Telephone: (717) 939-9551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a
proposal for a limited access toll highway in Allegheny and Washington
Counties, west of Pittsburgh, PA. The proposed improvement would extend
from an interchange on State Route 60 west of the Pittsburgh
International Airport (24 kilometers [15 miles] west of Pittsburgh),
southwesterly to U.S. Route 22. The improvement corridor is about 10
kilometers (6.2 miles) long and about 2 kilometers (1\1/4\ miles) wide.
The proposed improvement is considered necessary to provide direct
access from the south and west to the Pittsburgh International Airport
area, and to provide improved access to planned development in the
Airport area. Preliminary studies and public and agency input for the
Southern Beltway Transportation Project and for the Findlay Connector
have concluded that the project needs for both projects can be met with
a single transportation project in the corridor between State Route 60
and U.S. Route 22. These studies also indicated that the project needs
cannot be met by Transportation System Management activities, upgrading
existing roadways or mass transit improvements. Alternatives now under
consideration are various alignments for a new tolled expressway and
taking no action.
Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments have
been sent to appropriate Federal, State, and Local agencies, and to
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are
known to have interest in this proposal. A series of public meetings
will be held in the project area during the development of the project.
In addition, a public hearing will be held. Public notice will be given
of the time and place of the meetings and hearings. The Draft EIS will
be available for public and agency review and comment prior to the
public hearing. A Scoping Meeting was held on August 18 and 19, 1993,
in Washington, PA. Federal, state, regional, county, and municipal
agencies attended and participated.
To insure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or
questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA at the address provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.205, Highway
Planning Construction. The regulations implementing Executive Order
12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs
and activities apply to this program)
J. Stephen Guhin,
Assistant Division Administrator, Pennsylvania Division, FHWA.
[FR Doc. 97-680 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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