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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-626

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Finding

Chester County

[34 Pa.B. 2026]

   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), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), plans to reconstruct the Westtown Road Bridge (SR 2007, Section EBR) that conveys Westtown Road over the East Branch of Chester Creek. The Westtown Road Bridge lies completely within the boundaries of Westtown Township and is located 0.8 mile south of the Village of Milltown.

   The scope of the project involves restoring the transportation link on Westtown Road due to Westtown Road Bridge having been closed to vehicular traffic since February 2003. A State Emergency Action was issued on March 27, 2003, with the purpose of reopening Westtown Road to traffic as soon as possible.

   The proposed bridge replacement project will have an adverse effect on two Section 2002 resources, the Westtown Road Bridge and the Westtown Boarding School and Farm Historic District. Both Section 2002 resources were determined eligible for listing on the Nation Register of Historic Places. Based upon these studies, there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the total replacement of the Westtown Road Bridge.

   The Recommended Alternative meets the purpose and need of the project while mitigating the impacts to the historic Westtown Road Bridge and the surrounding historic district. Three mitigation measures, as per the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), have been proposed for the project: (1) provide recordation of the existing Westtown Road Bridge to State-level recordation standards; (2) ensure that the design of the new bridge is compatible with the historic and architectural qualities of the Westtown Boarding School and Farm Historic District; and (3) avoid affecting historic properties outside of the Area of Potential Effect, specifically ruins associated with a former dam located east of the Westtown Road Bridge and a former mill race located south of the Westtown Road Bridge. The FHA and the State Historic Preservation Officer were signatories to the MOA dated January 12, 2004, with additional concurrence from the Department, the Westtown School and the Delaware Nation, OK.

   The Secretary has considered the environmental, economic, social and other effects of the proposed project as enumerated in section 2002 of The Administrative Code 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.

ALLEN D. BIEHLER, P. E.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-626. Filed for public inspection April 9, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]


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