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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 02-1851

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Finding

Bucks County

[32 Pa.B. 5233]

   Under section 2002(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 512(b)), the Secretary of Transportation makes the following written finding:

   The Department of Transportation (Department) plans to reconstruct the intersection of Woodbourne Road (SR 2033) and Langhorne-Yardley Road (SR 2049) in the Village of Maple Point, Middletown Township, Bucks County, PA.

   The intersection consists of east-west route, Langhorne-Yardley Road, and north-south route, Woodbourne Road. This project is an upgrading of the currently signalized intersection and widening of all four approaches to accommodate new left-turn lanes in each of the approaches.

   This project will use portions of three Section 4(f) resources located within the limits of work of the project. They are: 1) Maple Point School, using a crescent-shaped sliver parcel at the northeast quadrant of the intersection and containing approximately 0.08 ha (0.196 acre); 2) Hammock Villa, known historically as the James Wildman House, occupying a lot at 1780 Langhorne-Yardley Road, approximately 300 feet southwest of the intersection, using a sliver parcel parallel to Langhorne-Yardley Road and containing approximately 0.01 ha (0.020 acre); and 3) Core Creek County Park located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection, using a sliver parcel parallel to Woodbourne Road from the intersection to approximately 300 feet north of the intersection containing approximately 0.09 ha (0.220 acre).

   The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has stated in a letter dated November 3, 1995, that this project will have an adverse effect on the Maple Point School and that this project will have no adverse effect on Hammock Villa, known historically as the James Wildman House.

   Impacts to the resources will be mitigated by protecting the Maple Point School frontage and the intact foundation walls of the octagonal school by placing a 32 inch high concrete barrier at the corner radius of the property. Hammock Villa will receive concrete curbing along Langhorne-Yardley Road to preclude intrusion of motorists. Areas of disturbance on Hammock Villa will be graded, and grass will be planted after construction. Core Creek County Park, located parallel to Woodbourne Road, will involve three mitigation measures.

   *  Heavy equipment and construction staging will be restricted from the site.

   *  Landscaping will be used to minimize visual impacts.

   *  The Department, the National Park Service and the Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation will coordinate the replacement of park property.

   The project is being designed to be aesthetically compatible with the surrounding Maple Point Historic District, and it will not substantially impair protected attributes or contributing elements of these adjacent cultural resources.

   The Secretary has considered the environmental, economic, social and other effects of the proposed project as enumerated in section 2002 of The Administrative Code of 1929 and has concluded that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the project as designed, and all reasonable steps have been taken to minimize the effect. No adverse environmental effect is likely to result from the construction of this project.

BRADLEY L. MALLORY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-1851. Filed for public inspection October 18, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]


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