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These pages were last updated on June 14,2007
New Information
FHWA Approves CSVT Alignment Change
SEDA-COG River Bridge Advisory Committee Formed
Selingsgrove Center Mitigation Site Update
Park & Ride Lots Proposed
CSVT Proposed Route Designations
SEDA-COG River Bridge Advisory Committee Formed
Project Schedule
Other Important Information
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Record of Decision Clears Way for Next Stage of CSVT Project. On October 31, 2003 the Federal Highway Administration issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the CSVT Project. This allows PENNDOT to move forward with Final Design and into Right-Of-Way acquisition phases. The ROD followed a review of the 1,000-page Final Environmental Impact Statement that was available for public review between August 8 and September 10, 2003. Activities including final design, right-of-way acquisition, permitting, and utility relocations necessary to complete the CSVT project continue to progress. The current anticipated letting for the first planned construction project (the bridge proposed to cross the West Branch of the Susquehanna River) is the spring of 2009, provided construction funding is identified by early summer of 2008. Six subsequent construction projects are planned to be let approximately yearly thereafter to complete the overall project.
A Brief Introduction to the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation (CSVT) Project.
The goal of this project is to address the current and future transportation needs of the Central Susquehanna Valley in a corridor that is roughly five miles wide and twelve miles long, stretching from the end of the Selinsgrove Bypass north to PA Route 147.  Improvements will address congestion and safety problems on existing PA Routes 11/15, 11, 15, and 147.  The upgrade of PA Route 147 from a two-lane to a four-lane limited access facility - the "2-on-4" - has been advanced as a separate project.  The final construction phase of the project was let in July 2002. PENNDOT expects to complete construction on this project by November 2004. Many residents remember the early 1970's when PENNDOT had plans to build a Selinsgrove-Shamokin Dam bypass.  Lack of funding led to the postponing of that project.  A common question heard today is, “Why can’t you just dust off the old plans and build that road?”  Well, the answer is not that simple.  There have been significant changes since the 1970's in many federal and state regulations affecting the development of large and complex projects and their potential impacts on the residents, the local economy, the environment, and the cultural and recreational resources of the area.  These regulation changes are, of course, in addition to the significant development that has taken place in the study corridor. As one can see, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) is presented with a very complicated background from which it must develop the best road improvement alternative to meet the transportation needs of the Central Susquehanna Valley.
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