FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – SECTION RC3
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Sibty Hasan, P.E., P.M.P.
PennDOT District 6-0
7000 Geerdes Boulevard
King of Prussia, PA 19406
- A 10-foot-wide sidepath is proposed along the east side of PA 413 (Pine Street), and a 5-foot-wide sidewalk is proposed along the west side of PA 413 (Pine Street) within the project limits to connect the existing sidewalks north and south of the project.
- 5-foot-wide paved shoulders will be provided on the West Interchange Road and Corn Crib Lane overpasses.
- In areas where the existing frontage (service) roads are no longer needed, the design team is investigating replacing the existing pavement with a shared-use (pedestrian and bicyclist) path. This is being done in coordination with the local municipalities. As of now, Middletown Township has voiced its support for including a shared-use path, while Langhorne Manor Borough has requested not to have the path within their respective boundaries.
Based on these discussions, the anticipated proposed project improvements, along with recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), PennDOT, and the FHWA concluded that the environmental study for Section RC3 would be an Environmental Assessment (EA), as the significance of the impacts was not yet fully known.
During the past several years, the project team has been completing the necessary environmental and engineering studies, coordinating with the various review agencies, conducting municipal and public outreach efforts, developing impact assessments, and identifying avoidance, minimization, and mitigation efforts for the project.
PennDOT will be using this information to prepare the EA documentation and will make this material available for public comment prior to finalizing the environmental process for this project, currently anticipated in Fall 2025 / Winter 2026.
- *Publication 10B – Design Manual Part 1B (Post-TIP NEPA Procedures)
- ** PennDOT District 6-0 and PennDOT Central Office
After thorough review of the archaeological report’s documentation, as well as review of maps and aerial photographs demonstrating the evolution of the cultural landscape on the cemetery block, no evidence was found that the Revolutionary War cemetery extends into the proposed RC3 project footprint. The portion of the proposed project footprint in the vicinity of the cemetery underwent an archaeological resources identification survey, and no evidence of the cemetery was encountered.
The RC3 project design team is aware of the sensitivity of the cemetery and its vicinity. They will notify the PennDOT District 6-0 cultural resources professionals if the proposed design were to change and cause an impact to any areas that were not previously investigated. If there is a change that expands the design plans outside of previously investigated areas, PennDOT will complete additional surveys.
The ground disturbance footprint of where PennDOT proposes to construct two U.S. 1 ramps and widen PA 413 (Pine Street) has undergone an archaeological resources identification survey. No Indigenous archaeological sites were encountered.
The RC3 project design team will notify the PennDOT District 6-0 cultural resources professionals if the proposed design were to change and cause an impact to any areas that were not previously investigated. If there is a change that expands the design plans outside of previously investigated areas, PennDOT will complete additional surveys.