Public Hearings: November 2024
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PA Turnpike), in coordination with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), conducted public hearings for the Scranton Beltway Project. The public hearings are a requirement of the FHWA’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
The Scranton Beltway Project proposes to establish direct, highway-speed connections between I-476 and I-81 at the Wyoming Valley Interchange area, Luzerne County, and at the Clarks Summit Interchange area, Lackawanna County.
The public hearings were conducted as part of the 30-day comment period on the Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA includes the purpose and need of the project, a description of proposed alternatives, and the potential environmental impacts of those proposed alternatives. The public comment period was open from October 28, 2024 to December 6, 2024. All interested parties were invited to attend these public hearings.
The public hearing offered those in attendance the opportunity to provide feedback on the EA document in the form of official testimony. That testimony was transcribed and then included in the EA document.