[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9402-9403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-716]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Westmoreland County, PA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Cancellation of the Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the previous Notice of Intent (issued 
January 29, 1993) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a 
proposed highway project consisting of the construction of a new two-
lane roadway (to be identified as T.R. 711) between the southern 
terminus of U.S. Route 30 and the northern terminus, which is a point 
approximately one mile north of Ligonier on S.R. 711 in Ligonier 
Township. The proposed project is approximately 2.0 miles in length.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David W. Cough, P.E., Director of 
Operations, Federal Highway Administration, Pennsylvania Division 
Office, 228 Walnut Street, Room 508, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1720, 
Telephone (717) 221-3411--OR--Alan Bailey, P.E., Assistant District 
Executive, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 12-0, 
P.O. Box 459 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, Uniontown, PA 15401, 
Telephone (724) 439-7259.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The need to address traffic conflicts within 
the Ligonier central business district still exists and the 
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 12-0, intends to 
continue to address traffic compatibility with the community through a 
series of transportation system management implementation strategies. 
These strategies include, but are not limited to, advanced warning 
signs, speed limit enforcement, and pavement markings. Furthermore, 
PennDOT District 12-0 has already completed a signing and pavement 
marking project in the Ligonier Diamond area to improve pedestrian 
safety and facilitate truck and automobile traffic movements. PennDOT 
will also recommend a Pedestrian Safety Program and will provide 
information to the borough on how to apply for a Safer Routes to School 
project.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)


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    Dated: February 8, 2008.
David C. Lawton,
Acting Division Administrator, Harrisburg, PA.
[FR Doc. 08-716 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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