On December 14, 2007, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), released a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)/Section 404 Permit
Application for the Southern Beltway I-79 to Mon/Fayette
Project in Washington County for public review and comment.
The DEIS addresses the 13-mile Southern Beltway
Transportation Project from I-79 near the
Allegheny/Washington county line to the Mon/Fayette
Expressway near Finleyville, PA. Several toll road
alternatives, in addition to the No Build Alternative, are
presented in detail in the DEIS including the Tan, Green
(Options 1A and 1B), and Purple Alternatives in the western
portion (Section 1) of the study area and the Tan, Red, and
Tan-Red Alternatives in the eastern portion (Section 2) of
the study area.
The DEIS is available for review in
local municipal offices and public libraries in the project
area and at the project website.
The Turnpike has established a
centrally located Project Office for the Mon/Fayette
Expressway, Route 51 to I-376 Project. The Project
Office, located near Kennywood Park, is open 5 days a week. At the office,
you can talk to project team members, review plans and
obtain the latest project information.
Mon/Fayette Expressway - Rt. 51 to I-376 Project
Office
The Turnpike Commission to Test Private-Sector Interest in Building Two
Unfinished Pittsburgh-Area Toll Roads
March 2008
The
five-member Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is looking to gauge interest among
private corporations to build the remaining incomplete sections of the
Mon-Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway projects near Pittsburgh. At its
regular biweekly meeting, the commission today approved a measure to advertise
for a Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) "for the financing and/or
design, engineering, construction, operation of un-built segments" of the two
toll roads. The three sections together represent 50 miles of new expressway -
with a price tag of nearly $5.2 billion in total - in Allegheny and Washington
counties. (click
here for the complete News Release).
