The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) in partnership with the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), and in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE), are issuing a notice of availability for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), to provide members of the public the opportunity to comment on the project for consideration in review of the Department of the Army’s (DA) 404 Permit Application (2104-523), the MDE’s Nontidal Wetlands Waterways Permit Application (24-NT-3200), and the MDE 401 Water Quality Certification request (24-WQC-0043) for this project.
The public comment period on these documents began November 8, 2024, and extends through January 13, 2025, at 5 PM.
The project team is proposing a new 8-mile long, four-lane, limited access facility for U.S.219 from the end of the Meyersdale Bypass in Pennsylvania to the newly constructed portion of U.S. 219 in Maryland, which opened in May 2021. Of the eight (8) miles, six (6) are in Pennsylvania and two (2) are in Maryland.
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An in-person hearing was held and they are still accepting comments. Please call or email Brionna Marks, KCI Technologies, at 717-668-0413 or Brionna.Marks@kci.com, to ensure your comments are properly routed to the correct team member and for record keeping.
