Community Advisory Committee Meeting List

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 10

This meeting was held on Thursday April 28, 2005. The purpose of the meeting was to provide detailed information about the environmental and engineering studies that were conducted in the School Area. Members of the School Area Sub-Committee were given an opportunity to provide comments on the information presented so that all stakeholders were informed together and had an opportunity to provide input. At this meeting, PennDOT requested input on discontinuing studies on the Northern Alternative (Blue) and the Southern 2 Alternative (Yellow). Public input was also gathered on the remaining two alternatives, the Online Alternative (Yellow-Black) and the Southern 1 Alternative (Yellow-Aqua-Black).

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 9

The project team met with members of the CAC and public officials' on September 15, 2004 to present the results of the project's reevaluation.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 8

On October 14, 2003, the CAC was presented with results of detailed studies performed to date. The CAC was presented with the alternative segments that will be carried into the Draft EIS. The final results of detailed studies and public input will help determine a preferred alternative. The public will have an opportunity to review these alternatives and provide comments at the public meeting on November 5, 2003.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 7

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) received an update of the project on June 3, 2003. The environmental process was explained and traffic studies performed to date were presented.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 6

On September 30, 2002, the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) was presented with the alternatives that would be carried into detailed studies. The public will have an opportunity to review these alternatives and provide comments at the Public Meeting on November 18, 2002.

Allegheny County CAC Organizational Meeting

With the expansion of the study area, the Community Advisory Committee was increased to include the municipalities within the expanded study area. Interested residents and public officials from the Allegheny County municipalities participated in a meeting to identify potential new members on September 24, 2002. Representatives from Pine Township were added to the CAC as a result of the meeting.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 5

On July 11, 2002, the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) reviewed the 15 preliminary alternatives they helped to develop at a previous meeting. The public will have the opportunity to review these preliminary alternatives and provide comments at the Public Meeting on August 8, 2002.

The CAC learned about the process of reviewing the feasibility of the alternatives. The tool they use to do this is the Environmental Matrix. The matrix weighs the impacts of each alternative on various areas, such as wetlands, residents that would be displaced and historic buildings in the area. The matrix will be displayed at the public meeting and will be refined continuously until an alternative is recommended.

The CAC reviewed the format of the pubic meeting and provided ideas for presenting information to the public.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 4

At the March meeting, the Community Advisory Committee (CAC), participated in a line drawing exercise where members had the opportunity to offer suggestions into PennDOT's development of alignment alternatives. At the most recent meeting on June 11th, members had the chance to refine the alignments previously drawn. The Project Team also presented modifications made to the CAC alignments to help them better meet design criteria and to minimize impacts. The CAC agreed with the preliminary alignments as modified. PennDOT also used this opportunity to obtain new ideas from CAC Members.

Projected traffic numbers, received from the Southwest Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) were presented to the CAC. These traffic projections included four corridors identified by the Project Team and were based on the areas in which the CAC drew possible alternatives. These numbers include forecasted traffic for the year 2030, if a new Route 228 was to be built within one of the corridors. The information also shows the traffic projections on existing Route 228 taking into consideration a new, relocated Route 228. These traffic volumes are only based on corridors, not specific alternatives. To see a map detailing this information, visit the Project Information site of this page.

CAC Members learned the methods in which PennDOT and the Project Team consider alternatives. The Project Team will begin environmental analysis on each alternative and report back on these findings at the next CAC Meeting in July. A Public Meeting is being planned for August. The Public will have the opportunity to review all preliminary alternatives and provide comments at this time. The Project Team has not made any decisions at this time regarding the location for improvements to Route 228.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 3

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) participated in a line drawing exercise at the CAC March 14, 2002 meeting. The purpose of the exercise was to provide the CAC with an opportunity to offer suggestions into PennDOT's development of alignment alternatives for the project and to educate CAC Members on the Environmental Impact Assessment Process. Considering environmental constraints and engineering criteria within the project area, CAC members worked together to develop a range of alternatives.

The suggestions developed by the CAC will comprise one set of information that PennDOT's Project Team will consider as it refines and identifies a range of alternatives for further environmental and engineering review. The Project Team will also solicit input from other State and Federal Agencies.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 2

On December 5, 2001, the Community Advisory Committee met to continue discussions on Needs Study. The group began discussions on Preliminary Alternatives Analysis . The overall objective of the Preliminary Alternatives Analysis is to identify and access a wide range of alternatives for consideration by the public and state and federal transportation and environmental resource agencies. CAC Members will work with the project team to identify possible alternatives. The next CAC meeting is planned for March 2002.

Community Advisory Committee Meeting No. 1

The first meeting of the Route 228 CAC was held on September 20, 2001. The purpose of the meeting was to explain the Needs Study and its components to the CAC. A Needs Study identifies current and anticipated problems that must be solved or deficiencies that must be corrected in order to provide safe, efficient transportation facilities. These problems or deficiencies constitute the need for improvements. Project needs are made available to the public. CAC Members were given the opportunity to identify other areas of concern that should be considered for the Needs Study.

CAC worked with the project team to assemble ideas for a mission statement that would identify the goals of the CAC. The next CAC Meeting will be held in December 2001.