Table of Contents TC-i Table of Contents - FEIS Preface...(Volume 1) PR-1 Errata... (Volume 1) ER-1 A. Modifications to the DEIS... ER-1 1. The Citizens Plan Proposed by PennFuture... ER-1 2. US Census Data Update... ER-1 3. Travel Time Analysis... ER-2 4. Displacements... ER-2 5. Environmental Justice Block Group Boundary Changes... ER-2 6. Threatened or Endangered Species Coordination... ER-3 7. Noise Analysis... ER-3 8. Air Quality Analysis... ER-3 9. South Shore Alternative Cost Estimate... ER-4 10. Metric Conversions... ER-4 B. Errata... ER-4 Executive Summary... (Volume 1) ES-1 A. Project Description... ES-2 B. Major Actions Proposed by Other Governmental Agencies... ES-5 C. Alternatives Considered... ES-6 1. No-Build Alternative... ES-6 2. Congestion Management System (CMS) Strategies Alternative... ES-7 3. Major Investment Study (MIS) Alternatives... ES-7 4. New Toll Road Alternatives... ES-7 5. The Citizens Plan Submitted by PennFuture... ES-11 D. Environmental Consequences... ES-12 E. South Shore Alternative... ES-17 F. Preferred North Shore Alternative... ES-18 G. Areas of Controversy... ES-21 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-ii Table of Contents H. Unresolved Issues... ES-22 I. Other State and Federal Actions Required... ES-22 Project Overview... (Volume 1) PO-1 Chapter 1: Purpose and Need for Action... (Volume 1) 1-1 A. Project Description... 1-1 B. Project Needs... 1-2 C. Consistency with Local, Regional, State, and National Planning... 1-22 D. Project Purpose... 1-24 Chapter 2: Affected Environment... (Volume 1) 2-1 A. Introduction... 2-1 B. Transportation Network... 2-2 1. Roadways and Public Transportation... 2-2 2. Railroads... 2-4 3. Navigable Waterways... 2-6 4. Airports... 2-6 5. Bikeways and Pedestrian Facilities... 2-7 C. Cultural Setting... 2-9 1. Historic Structures and Properties... 2-9 2. Archaeological Resources... 2-10 D. Socioeconomic Setting... 2-10 1. Land Use... 2-11 2. Community Facilities and Services... 2-12 3. Community Characteristics... 2-14 4. Population Characteristics... 2-14 5. Environmental Justice... 2-16 6. Economic Characteristics... 2-17 7. Noise/Air/Vibration... 2-20 8. Visual Characteristics... 2-21 E. Natural Environment Setting... 2-22 1. Mining and Mineral Resources... 2-22 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-iii 2. Aquatic Resources...2-23 3. Floodplains...2-24 4. Vegetation, Wildlife, and Threatened and Endangered Species...2-25 5. Municipal, Industrial, and Hazardous Waste Sites...2-25 Chapter 3: Alternatives... (Volume 1) 3-1 A. Introduction...3-1 B. Integrated CMS Analysis/MIS and Preliminary Alternatives Analysis...3-1 1. Regulatory Requirements...3-1 2. Traffic Impact Corridor...3-2 3. Collaborative Public and Agency Involvement Process...3-2 4. Analytical Factors Evaluated...3-5 5. Preliminary Alternatives Studied...3-6 a. No-Build Alternative...3-6 b. Congestion Management System (CMS) Strategies Alternative...3-6 c. New Light Rail Transit (LRT) Facilities Alternative...3-8 d. New Toll Road Alternatives, Combination Roadway Upgrade/New Highways Alternatives, and Roadway Upgrade Alternatives...3-8 6. Findings and Conclusions...3-22 a. The No-Build Alternative...3-22 b. Congestion Management System (CMS) Strategies Alternative...3-22 c. New Light Rail Transit (LRT) Facilities Alternative...3-22 d. New Toll Road Alternatives, Combination Roadway Upgrade/New Highways Alternative, and Roadway Upgrade Alternative...3-23 7. Conclusions from the Integrated CMS Analysis/MIS and Preliminary Alternatives Analysis...3-30 8. SPC Endorsement and FHWA Acceptance...3-30 9. Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Reevaluation...3-33 C. Detailed Alternatives Analysis...3-34 1. No-Build Alternative...3-37 2. North Shore Alternative (Preferred)...3-38 Major River Crossing...3-51 3. South Shore Alternative...3-86 Major River Crossing...3-87 Major River Crossing...3-98 4. Summary of Alternatives and Associated Design Options Chosen for Detailed Study... 3-99 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-iv Table of Contents A. No-Build Alternative... 3-99 B. North Shore Alternative (Preferred)... 3-99 C. South Shore Alternative... 3-102 5. Tolling and Toll Plaza Locations... 3-102 6. Maintenance Facilities... 3-103 D. The Citizens Plan... 3-104 1. Public and Agency Coordination... 3-104 2. Transportation Elements of The Citizens Plan and Modifications to The Citizens Plan Proposal... 3-105 3. Conclusions and Recommendations of The Citizens Plan Evaluation... 3-112 E. Identification of the Preferred Alternative... 3-118 Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences... (Volume 2) 4-1 A. Introduction... 4-1 B. Traffic and Transportation... 4-3 a) Tolling on the Proposed Facility... 4-3 b) Traffic Forecasts... 4-3 c) Traffic Operational Analysis... 4-4 1. Transportation Network Impacts... 4-5 a) Regional Access and Mobility... 4-5 b) Impacts to Existing Roads... 4-15 c) Transit... 4-34 d) Bikeways and Pedestrian Facilities... 4-35 e) River Traffic... 4-37 2. Localized Transportation Impacts... 4-42 3. Congestion Management Systems (CMS)... 4-54 a) Park-and-Ride Lots... 4-54 b) HOV Facilities... 4-55 c) Transit Improvements/Facilities... 4-61 d) Congestion Pricing... 4-61 e) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)... 4-61 f) Ramp Metering... 4-62 g) Intersection and Other Non-SOV Capacity Improvements... 4-62 C. Socioeconomics... 4-66 1. Land Use... 4-66 2. Community Facilities and Services... 4-89 3. Community Cohesion... 4-109 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-v 4. Displacements...4-139 5. Environmental Justice...4-163 a) Disproportionate Effects Analysis...4-163 b) Project Area Functional Neighborhoods...4-165 c) Public Involvement and Outreach Program...4-165 d) Impacts Analysis...4-178 6. Local and Regional Economy...4-219 a) Regional Economy...4-219 b) Local Economy and Tax Base Impacts...4-219 D. Cultural Resources...4-241 1. Historic Structures and Properties...4-241 2. Archaeological Resources...4-257 E. Natural Resources...4-264 1. Soils, Geology, and Groundwater Resources...4-264 a) Soils...4-264 b) Geology...4-270 c) Groundwater Resources...4-276 2. Mining and Mineral Resources...4-279 a) Coal...4-279 b) Oil and Gas Wells...4-284 3. Surface Water Resources...4-287 4. Navigable Waterways...4-317 Section 9 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899...4-317 5. Floodplains and Flood Hazard Areas...4-325 6. Wetlands...4-338 7. Vegetation and Wildlife...4-359 8. Threatened or Endangered Species...4-370 9. Farmlands...4-381 a) Federal Farmland Protection Policy Act of 1981 (FPPA)...4-381 b) Productive Agricultural Lands...4-382 c) Agricultural Land Preservation Policy (ALPP)...4-383 F. Noise...4-385 G. Air Quality...4-407 H. Visual Resources... 4-411 I. Municipal, Industrial, and Hazardous Waste Facilities...4-433 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-vi Table of Contents J. Secondary Impacts... 4-445 K. Cumulative Impacts... 4-463 1. Project Area Cumulative Impacts... 4-463 a) Past Cumulative Impacts... 4-463 b) Recent/Present Actions and Cumulative Impacts... 4-465 L. Construction Impacts... 4-470 1. Economy and Employment... 4-470 2. Access... 4-470 3. Water Quality... 4-472 4. Air Quality and Noise... 4-472 5. Utilities... 4-473 6. Railroad Relocation... 4-475 7. Vibration... 4-479 8. Excavation Waste... 4-479 M. The Relationship Between Local Short-Term Uses of Man s Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity... 4-483 1. Short-term Gains... 4-483 2. Short-term Losses... 4-483 3. Long-term Gains... 4-483 4. Long-term Losses... 4-484 5. Conclusion... 4-484 N. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources Which Would Be Involved in the Proposed Action... 4-485 Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations... (Volume 2) 5-1 A. No-Build Alternative... 5-1 B. New Toll Road Alternatives... 5-1 C. South Shore Alternative... 5-6 D. Preferred North Shore Alternative... 5-7 Chapter 6: Comments and Coordination... (Volume 2) 6-1 A. Public Information/Involvement... 6-1 1. Public Meetings... 6-1 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-vii 2. Public Officials Workshops...6-5 3. Task Force Steering Committees and Task Forces...6-6 4. Neighborhood Meetings...6-7 5. Community Outreach Interviews/Workshops...6-7 6. Special Purpose Meetings and Other Public Contacts...6-16 7. Continuing Coordination...6-18 B. Public Information...6-19 1. Project Newsletter...6-19 2. Project Information Centers...6-20 3. Other Print and Broadcast Media Information...6-20 C. Agency Coordination and Consultation...6-20 D. Railroad Coordination...6-20 E. Utility Coordination...6-23 F. US Coast Guard Coordination...6-23 G. DEIS Comments and Responses...6-23 Chapter 7: List of Preparers and Reviewers... (Volume 2) 7-1 Chapter 8: Distribution List... (Volume 2) 8-1 Chapter 9: References... (Volume 2) 9-1 Chapter 10: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms... (Volume 2) 10-1 Table of Contents Chapter 11: Comments and Responses... (Volumes 6 &7) 11-1 Plates...Volume 3 Final Section 4(f) Evaluation - (Section 4(f) Evaluation Table of Contents Attached)...Volume 4 Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-viii Table of Contents Appendices - FEIS Appendix A... Agency Correspondence Volume 5 Appendix B... Section 404 Permit Application Volume 5 Appendix C...FPPA Form Volume 5 Appendix D... Index of Technical Support Data Volume 5 Appendix E... Project Cost Estimate Volume 5 Appendix F... Programmatic Agreement Volume 5 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-ix List of Figures - FEIS Figure ES-1 Project Region...ES-1 Figure ES-2 North Shore Alternative...ES-9 Figure ES-3 South Shore Alternative... ES-10 Figure PO-1 The Mon/Fayette Transportation Project Corridors... PO-1 Figure PO-2 Frequent and interactive communication between transportation and environmental resource agencies plus public involvement has been the key to the programs management approach.... PO-3 Figure PO-3 The Mon/Fayette Transportation Improvements have been organized as a two level effort to support regional goals and meet the identified needs for the four individual projects.... PO-5 Figure PO-4 Defining Logical Termini Criteria... PO-6 Figure PO-5 Factors in Setting Endpoints... PO-8 Figure PO-6 The PTC and SPC as co-lead agencies facilitate the development of the CMS Analysis and MIS for the Mon/Fayette Transportation Project, PA Route 51 to I-376... PO-11 Figure 1-1 Project Region... 1-1 Figure 1-2 Project Study Area... 1-3 Figure 1-3 Regional Network of Roadways... 1-6 Figure 1-4 Existing Physical Deficiencies of the Area s Roadways... 1-8 Figure 1-5 Level of Service (LOS) (adapted from Transportation Research Board, 1994)... 1-12 Figure 1-6 Capacity Analysis Study Intersections... 1-13 Figure 1-7 High Crash Areas... 1-16 Figure 1-8 Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Medical Facilities, and Tourist and Recreation Sites... 1-18 Figure 1-9 Available Industrial Sites... 1-22 Figure 2-1 Project study area... 2-1 Figure 2-2 Project study area land use... 2-4 Figure 2-3 Active railroads and river terminals within the project study area... 2-5 Figure 2-4 Proposed and completed recreational trails within the project study area.... 2-8 Figure 2-5 Community facilities (including publicly-owned parks) within the project study area... 2-13 Figure 2-6 Pittsburgh neighborhoods within the project study area... 2-15 Figure 2-7 Median household income (Allegheny County median equals $38,329; US Census Bureau, 2000)...2-16 Figure 2-8 Percentage of population age 65 and over (Allegheny County average equals 17.8 percent; US Census Bureau, 2000)...2-17 Figure 2-9 Municipal unemployment rates (Allegheny County rate equals 3.7 percent; US Census Bureau, 2000)...2-18 Figure 2-10 Percent minority population (Allegheny County (including Pittsburgh) average equals 15.1 percent; US Census Bureau, 2000)...2-19 Figure 2-11 Individuals living below poverty level (Allegheny County (including Pittsburgh) average equals 11.2 percent; US Census Bureau, 2000)...2-20 Figure 3-B-1 Congestion Management System Proposed Transit/HOV Improvements... 3-7 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-x Table of Contents Figure 3-B-2 Alternative 1 - Tolled Expressway with Swissvale Connection... 3-10 Figure 3-B-3 Alternative 2 - Tolled Expressway with Monroeville Connection... 3-12 Figure 3-B-4 Alternative 3 - Split Tolled Expressway to Glassport with Monroeville Connection... 3-13 Figure 3-B-5 Alternative 4 - Split Tolled Expressway to Duquesne with Monroeville Connection... 3-15 Figure 3-B-6 Alternative 5 - Combination of New Roadways and Widening of Existing Roads to Four Lanes... 3-17 Figure 3-B-7 Alternative 6A - Widening of Existing Roadways to Four Lanes and Widening of PA Route 51 to Seven Lanes... 3-19 Figure 3-B-8 Alternative 6B - Widening of Existing Roadways to Four Lanes and Limiting the Improvement on PA Route 51 to New Interchanges...3-21 Figure 3-B-9 Impact of the Swissvale Connection for Alternative 1... 3-23 Figure 3-B-10 Cross-over Alternative from 1997 Study... 3-32 Figure 3-C-1 Project Study Corridor Showing Sections... 3-34 Figure 3-C-2 North Shore Alternative... 3-35 Figure 3-C-3 South Shore Alternative... 3-36 Figure 3-C-4 Typical Four-Lane Expressway Roadway and Bridge Cross-Sections... 3-37 Figure 3-C-5 Study Corridor (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)...3-39 Figure 3-C-6 PA Route 51 Interchange (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 3-40 Figure 3-C-7 Eastern and Western Options at Clairton Sportsman Club (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 3-41 Figure 3-C-8 West Option with Tunnel (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 3-44 Figure 3-C-9 West Option with Open Cut (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 3-45 Figure 3-C-10 Option 1A - North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1...3-46 Figure 3-C-11 Option 1B - North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1...3-47 Figure 3-C-12 Study Corridor (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)...3-52 Figure 3-C-13 Proposed Closed Interchange on North Shore of Monongahela River (North Shore Alternative - Section 2)...3-54 Figure 3-C-14 Option 2A - North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2...3-55 Figure 3-C-15 Option 2B - North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2...3-55 Figure 3-C-16 Option 2C - North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2... 3-56 Figure 3-C-17 Proposed Interchanges with I-376, Business Route 22, and Thompson Run Road at Monroeville (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 3-61 Figure 3-C-18 Proposed Interchange with Business Route 22 at Wilkins (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 3-62 Figure 3-C-19 Proposed Interchange with Business Route 22 at Monroeville (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)...3-62 Figure 3-C-20 Study Corridor (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 3-66 Figure 3-C-21 Option Along Abandoned Railroad Corridor Through Braddock (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)...3-67 Figure 3-C-22 Option South of Talbot Avenue Through Braddock (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)...3-67 Figure 3-C-23 Study Corridor (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 3-72 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-xi Figure 3-C-24 Typical section of option with railroad between eastbound and westbound lanes of the expressway - North Shore Alternative - Section 4... 3-73 Figure 3-C-25 Typical Sections of the two options (Options 4A and 4B) with the entire expressway between the CSX railroad and the hillside - North Shore Alternative - Section 4... 3-73 Figure 3-C-26 Study Corridor (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 3-77 Figure 3-C-27 Options 5A and 5C in Hazelwood - North Shore Alternative - Section 5... 3-78 Figure 3-C-28 Options 5B and 5D in Hazelwood - North Shore Alternative - Section 5... 3-78 Figure 3-C-29 Options 5A and 5B - North Shore Alternative - Section 5... 3-85 Figure 3-C-30 Options 5C and 5D - North Shore Alternative - Section 5... 3-85 Figure 3-C-31 Study Corridor (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 3-88 Figure 3-C-32 Option that Elevates Amity Street (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 3-91 Figure 3-C-33 Option that closes Amity Street to vehicular traffic (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 3-91 Figure 3-C-34 Design Options Considered along East Carson Street (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 3-93 Figure 3-C-35 Typical Cross Section of Half-Height Wall Options Geological Stratum... 3-96 Figure 3-C-36 Option 6A - South Shore Alternative - Section 6... 3-100 Figure 3-C-37 Option 6B - South Shore Alternative - Section 6... 3-100 Figure 3-C-38 North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative Ramp and Mainline Toll Plazas... 3-103 Figure 3-D-1 The Citizens Plan Concept... 3-107 Figure 3-D-2 Additional Lane Capacity Required with the Modified Citizens Plan... 3-108 Figure 3-D-3 Additional Lane Capacity Required with the Minimum Criteria Upgrade... 3-110 Figure 4-A-1 Project Study Corridor Showing Sections... 4-2 Figure 4-B-1 Projected North Shore Alternative Average Daily Traffic Volumes (Sixth Street Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-6 Figure 4-B-2 Projected North Shore Alternative Average Daily Traffic Volumes (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)... 4-7 Figure 4-B-3 Projected South Shore Alternative Average Daily Traffic Volumes (Rankin Bridge Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-8 Figure 4-B-4 Projected South Shore Alternative Average Daily Traffic Volumes (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)... 4-9 Figure 4-B-5 Projected North Shore Alternative Peak-Hour Traffic Volumes (Sixth Street Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-10 Figure 4-B-6 Projected North Shore Alternative Peak-Hour Traffic Volumes (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)... 4-11 Figure 4-B-7 Projected South Shore Alternative Peak-Hour Traffic Volumes (Rankin Bridge Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-12 Figure 4-B-8 Projected South Shore Alternative Peak-Hour Traffic Volumes (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)... 4-13 Figure 4-B-9 Level of Service (LOS) (adapted from Transportation Research Board, 1994)... 4-15 Figure 4-B-10 PA Route 51 to I-376 Project Relationship to Southern Beltway... 4-16 Figure 4-B-11 Projected Traffic Volume Impacts to Existing Roads (North Shore Alternative - Options 5A/5B)...4-18 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-xii Table of Contents Figure 4-B-12 Projected Traffic Volume Impacts to Existing Roads (North Shore Alternative - Options 5C/5D)... 4-19 Figure 4-B-13 Projected Traffic Volume Impacts to Existing Roads (South Shore Alternative - Option 6A)...4-20 Figure 4-B-14 Projected Traffic Volume Impacts to Existing Roads (South Shore Alternative - Option 6B)...4-21 Figure 4-B-15 Projected I-376 Eastbound (outbound) PM Peak-Period Squirrel Hill Tunnel Number of Queued Vehicles and Queue Durations (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Options 5A/5B/6A)...4-23 Figure 4-B-16 Projected I-376 Eastbound (outbound) PM Peak-Period Squirrel Hill Tunnel Number of Queued Vehicles and Queue Durations (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Options 5C/5D/6B)... 4-24 Figure 4-B-17 Projected I-376 Westbound (outbound) PM Peak-Period Fort Pitt Tunnel Number of Queued Vehicles and Queue Durations (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative- Options 5A/5B/6A)...4-26 Figure 4-B-18 Projected I-376 Westbound (outbound) PM Peak-Period Fort Pitt Tunnel Number of Queued Vehicles and Queue Durations (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Options 5C/5D/6B)... 4-27 Figure 4-B-19 Projected I-376 Westbound (Inbound) AM Peak-Period Squirrel Hill Tunnel Number of Queued Vehicles and Queue Durations (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-28 Figure 4-B-20 Projected North Shore Alternative Basic Freeway Section and Ramp Operations (Sixth Street Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-44 Figure 4-B-21 Projected North Shore Alternative Basic Freeway Section and Ramp Operations (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)...4-45 Figure 4-B-22 Projected North Shore Alternative At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations (Sixth Street Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-48 Figure 4-B-23 Projected North Shore Alternative At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)...4-49 Figure 4-B-24 Projected South Shore Alternative Basic Freeway Section and Ramp Operations (Rankin Bridge Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-52 Figure 4-B-25 Projected South Shore Alternative Basic Freeway Section and Ramp Operations (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)...4-53 Figure 4-B-26 Projected South Shore Alternative At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations (Rankin Bridge Interchange to and including the Pittsburgh Interchange with I-376)... 4-58 Figure 4-B-27 Projected South Shore Alternative At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations (PA Route 51 Interchange to and including the Monroeville Interchange with I-376)...4-59 Figure 4-B-28 Proposed Park-and-Ride Lot Locations and Potential Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway Extension... 4-60 Figure 4-C-1 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1 [South])...4-68 Figure 4-C-2 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1 [North])... 4-69 Figure 4-C-3 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2 [South])...4-71 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-xiii Figure 4-C-4 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2 Options)...4-72 Figure 4-C-5 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2 [North])...4-73 Figure 4-C-6 Gascola Slag Dump and Concrete Plant (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)...4-76 Figure 4-C-7 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)...4-77 Figure 4-C-8 Allegheny County Department of Economic Development Proposed Redevelopment Plan (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)...4-78 Figure 4-C-9 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)...4-80 Figure 4-C-10 Land Use/Land Cover (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)...4-81 Figure 4-C-11 Land Use/Land Cover (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)...4-86 Figure 4-C-12 Commercial Districts used by Study Corridor Residents... 4-110 Figure 4-C-13 Environmental Justice Approach... 4-164 Figure 4-C-14 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-171 Figure 4-C-15 Community Block Groups (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-171 Figure 4-C-16 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-172 Figure 4-C-17 Community Block Groups (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-172 Figure 4-C-18 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-173 Figure 4-C-19 Community Block Groups (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-173 Figure 4-C-20 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-174 Figure 4-C-21 Community Block Groups (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-174 Figure 4-C-22 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-175 Figure 4-C-23 Community Block Groups (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-175 Figure 4-C-24 Functional Neighborhoods (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-176 Figure 4-C-25 Community Block Groups (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-176 Figure 4-C-26 Typical Local Street Cross Section Showing Potential Landscape Enhancements in Braddock (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-201 Figure 4-C-27 Regional Employment Centers... 4-220 Figure 4-C-28 Pennsylvania Act 47 Municipalities... 4-222 Figure 4-C-29 Pennsylvania Enterprise Zones, Keystone Opportunity Zones, and Local Economic Revitilization Tax Assistance Zones... 4-223 Figure 4-E-1 Geologic Areas... 4-271 Figure 4-E-2 Geologic Column... 4-272 Figure 4-E-3 Geologic Cross-Section... 4-273 Figure 4-E-4 Watersheds within the Project Study Area... 4-288 Figure 4-E-5 Monongahela River Crossing between Duquesne and North Versailles (North Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-319 Figure 4-E-6 Typical Section of Monongahela River Crossing between Duquesne and North Versailles, (North Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-319 Figure 4-E-7 Monongahela River Crossing between Duquesne and North Versailles (South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-321 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-xiv Table of Contents Figure 4-E-8 Typical Section of Monongahela River Crossing between Duquesne and North Versailles (South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-321 Figure 4-E-9 Monongahela River Crossing between Former LTV South Side Works and Pittsburgh (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-323 Figure 4-E-10 Typical Section of Monongahela River Crossing between Former LTV South Side Works and Pittsburgh (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-323 Figure 4-E-11 Potential Wetland Mitigation Areas... 4-356 Figure 4-E-12 Basic Vegetation Types Found in the Nine Mile Run Watershed... 4-361 Figure 4-E-13 Forest Land Along Miller Road... 4-365 Figure 4-E-14 Forest Land Along Curry Hollow Road... 4-365 Figure 4-F-1 PENNDOT Abatement Criteria Activity Category B... 4-391 Figure 4-J-1 Communities Evaluated for Secondary Development within the Project Study Area.... 4-446 Figure 4-J-2 Jefferson Hills Borough... 4-449 Figure 4-J-3 Port Vue Borough... 4-449 Figure 4-J-4 McKeesport City... 4-450 Figure 4-J-5 City of Duquesne... 4-450 Figure 4-J-6 East Pittsburgh/Turtle Creek Boroughs... 4-453 Figure 4-J-7 West Homestead Borough... 4-456 Figure 4-J-8 West Homestead Borough... 4-459 Figure 4-K-1 Industrial Development Period (1960)... 4-464 Figure 4-K-2 Economic Decline Period (2000)... 4-465 Figure 4-K-3 Redevelopment Period (2020)... 4-467 Figure 6-A-1 DAT Support Organization... 6-19 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-xv List of Tables - FEIS Table ER-1 Errata Summary Matrix... ER-5 Table ES-1 Environmental Impacts by Section and Option (North Shore Alternative)... ES-13 Table ES-2 Environmental Impacts by Section and Option (South Shore Alternative)... ES-14 Table ES-3 Environmental Impacts for the Preferred Option Combination (North Shore Alternative)... ES-20 Table 1-1 Project Study Area Municipalities and City of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods... 1-2 Table 1-2 Summary of Measures of Effectiveness... 1-5 Table 1-3 Impediments to Efficient Vehicular Movement... 1-9 Table 1-4 Signalized Intersections on Study Roadways... 1-11 Table 1-5 Intersection Level of Service Summary... 1-14 Table 1-6 Available Industrial Sites... 1-23 Table 2-1 Project study area municipalities and Pittsburgh neighborhoods... 2-2 Table 3-C-1 Section 5 Options (North Shore Alternative)... 3-79 Table 3-C-2 Estimated Cost Differentials of Class I Excavation and Wall Construction (South Shore Alternative)...3-97 Table 3-D-1 Additional Lane Capacity Required with the Minimum Criteria Upgrade... 3-111 Table 3-D-2 Summary of Measures of Effectiveness... 3-113 Table 4-A-1 Study Corridor Municipalities by Section... 4-1 Table 4-B-1 Level of Service Descriptions... 4-14 Table 4-B-2 Comparison of Projected Queued Vehicles and Queue Durations... 4-29 Table 4-B-3 Projected North Shore Alternative, South Shore Alternative, and No-Build Alternative AM Peak Hour Travel Times to Oakland... 4-31 Table 4-B-4 Street Closing and Alteration of Vehicular Travel Time Impacts...4-32 Table 4-B-5 Existing Sidewalk Network Impacts and Mitigation...4-36 Table 4-B-6 Trail Network Impacts and Mitigation...4-37 Table 4-B-7 Navigational Craft Traffic through Locks and Dam No. 2 on the Monongahela River...4-38 Table 4-B-8 North Shore Alternative Projected Basic Freeway Section Operations...4-43 Table 4-B-9 North Shore Alternative Projected Merge Ramp and Diverge Ramp Operations...4-46 Table 4-B-10 North Shore Alternative Projected Lane Addition and Lane Drop Operations...4-47 Table 4-B-11 North Shore Alternative Projected At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations...4-50 Table 4-B-11 North Shore Alternative Projected At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations (continued)...4-51 Table 4-B-12 South Shore Alternative Projected Basic Freeway Section Operations...4-54 Table 4-B-13 South Shore Alternative Projected Merge Ramp and Diverge Ramp Operations...4-55 Table 4-B-14 South Shore Alternative Projected Lane Addition and Lane Drop Operations...4-56 Table 4-B-15 South Shore Alternative Projected At-Grade and Adjacent Intersection Operations...4-57 Table 4-B-16 North Shore Alternative Projected CMS Operations and Mitigation for Existing Intersections (Sections 1-3)...4-63 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-xvi Table of Contents Table 4-B-17 North Shore Alternative Projected CMS Operations and Mitigation for Existing Intersections (Section 5)... 4-64 Table 4-B-18 South Shore Alternative Projected CMS Operations and Mitigation for Existing Intersections. 4-65 Table 4-C-1 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (North Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-67 Table 4-C-2 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 1)...4-67 Table 4-C-3 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (North Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-74 Table 4-C-4 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 2)...4-75 Table 4-C-5 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-77 Table 4-C-6 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)...4-77 Table 4-C-7 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-80 Table 4-C-8 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-82 Table 4-C-9 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (South Shore Alternative - Section 1)...4-83 Table 4-C-10 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types by Municipality (South Shore Alternative - Section 1)...4-83 Table 4-C-11 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-84 Table 4-C-12 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types by Municipality (South Shore Alternative - Section 2)...4-85 Table 4-C-13 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)...4-86 Table 4-C-14 Impacted General Land Use/Land Cover Types by Municipality (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)...4-87 Table 4-C-15 Community Facility Impacts (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-90 Table 4-C-16 Community Facility Impacts (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-94 Table 4-C-17 Community Facility Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)...4-97 Table 4-C-18 Community Facility Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-101 Table 4-C-19 Community Facility Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-102 Table 4-C-20 Community Facility Impacts (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-106 Table 4-C-21 Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-142 Table 4-C-22 Business Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-142 Table 4-C-23 Residential Displacements and Available Units (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-143 Table 4-C-24 Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-145 Table 4-C-25 Residential Displacement Type (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-146 Table 4-C-26 Business Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-147 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-xvii Table 4-C-27 Single Family Residential Displacements and Available Units (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-148 Table 4-C-28 Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-150 Table 4-C-29 Business Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-151 Table 4-C-30 Residential Displacements and Available Units (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-152 Table 4-C-31 Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-154 Table 4-C-32 Residential Displacements and Available Units (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-154 Table 4-C-33 Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-155 Table 4-C-34 Business Displacements by Municipality (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-156 Table 4-C-35 Residential Displacements and Available Units (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-157 Table 4-C-36 Displacements by Municipality (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-159 Table 4-C-37 Business Displacements by Municipality (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-160 Table 4-C-38 Residential Displacements and Available Units (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-162 Table 4-C-39 Disproportionate Effects Analysis Results for the Study Corridor (excluding Pittsburgh)... 4-166 Table 4-C-40 Disproportionate Effects Analysis Results for the Study Corridor in Pittsburgh... 4-167 Table 4-C-41 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-168 Table 4-C-41 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative [continued])... 4-169 Table 4-C-41 Functional Neighborhoods (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative [continued])... 4-170 Table 4-C-42 Allegheny County (including Pittsburgh) Demographic Characteristics... 4-179 Table 4-C-43 Regional Employment Centers... 4-221 Table 4-C-44 Loss of Assessed Value (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-224 Table 4-C-45 Loss of School District Revenue (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-225 Table 4-C-46 Loss of Assessed Value (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-228 Table 4-C-47 Loss of School District Revenue (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-229 Table 4-C-48 Loss of Assessed Value (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-231 Table 4-C-49 Loss of School District Revenue (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-233 Table 4-C-50 Loss of Assessed Value (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-234 Table 4-C-51 Loss of School District Revenue (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-234 Table 4-C-52 Loss of Assessed Value (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-235 Table 4-C-53 Loss of School District Revenue (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-236 Table 4-C-54 Loss of Assessed Value (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-237 Table 4-C-55 Loss of School District Revenue (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-238 Table 4-D-1 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-247 Table 4-D-2 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-248 Table 4-D-3 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-249 Table 4-D-4 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-250 Table 4-D-5 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-251 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-xviii Table of Contents Table 4-D-6 Summary of Historic Resource Effects - Railroads (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-252 Table 4-D-7 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-253 Table 4-D-7 Summary of Historic Resource Effects [continued] (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-254 Table 4-D-8 Summary of Historic Resource Effects (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-255 Table 4-D-9 Summary of Areas for High, Medium, and Low Probability Zones (North Shore Alternative)... 4-259 Table 4-D-10 Summary of Areas for High, Medium, and Low Probability Zones (South Shore Alternative)... 4-259 Table 4-D-11 Summary of High Probability Prehistoric and Historic Resources (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-260 Table 4-D-12 Comparison of High Probability Zones for the North Shore Alternative and the South Shore Alternative... 4-262 Table 4-E-1 Soil Types (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-264 Table 4-E-2 Summary of Stream Characteristics (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-292 Table 4-E-3 Summary of Stream Characteristics (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-293 Table 4-E-4 Summary of Stream Characteristics (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-293 Table 4-E-5 Summary of Stream Characteristics (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-294 Table 4-E-6 Summary of Stream Characteristics (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-294 Table 4-E-7 Summary of Stream Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-296 Table 4-E-8 Summary of Stream Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-300 Table 4-E-8 Summary of Stream Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 2 [continued])... 4-301 Table 4-E-9 Summary of Stream Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-305 Table 4-E-10 Summary of Stream Impacts (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-307 Table 4-E-11 Summary of Stream Impacts (South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-308 Table 4-E-12 Summary of Stream Impacts (South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-310 Table 4-E-12 Summary of Stream Impacts (South Shore Alternative - Section 2 [continued])... 4-311 Table 4-E-13 Summary of Stream Impacts (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-312 Table 4-E-14 Summary of Perennial and Intermittent Stream Impacts... 4-314 Table 4-E-15 Navigational Traffic at Locks and Dam 2 on the Monongahela River... 4-318 Table 4-E-16 Communities and FEMA Identification Numbers within the Alternatives Study Area... 4-326 Table 4-E-17 Summary of Impacts to Floodplains (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-328 Table 4-E-18 Longitudinal Floodplain Encroachment Alternatives Analysis (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-328 Table 4-E-19 Summary of Impacts to Floodplains (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-329 Table 4-E-20 Longitudinal Floodplain Encroachment Alternatives Analysis (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-330 Table 4-E-21 Summary of Impacts to Floodplains (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-331 Table 4-E-22 Longitudinal Floodplain Encroachments Alternatives Analysis Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-xix (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-331 Table 4-E-23 Summary of Impacts to Floodplains (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-332 Table 4-E-24 Longitudinal Floodplain Encroachments Alternatives Analysis (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-332 Table 4-E-25 Summary of Impacts to Floodplains (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-333 Table 4-E-26 Longitudinal Floodplain Encroachments Alternatives Analysis (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-333 Table 4-E-27 Summary of Impacts to Floodplains (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-334 Table 4-E-28 Longitudinal Floodplain Encroachments Alternatives Analysis (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-335 Table 4-E-29 Wetland Classifications... 4-338 Table 4-E-30 Summary of Wetland Size and Classification... 4-339 Table 4-E-31 Wetland Impacts by Watershed (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1 [Impacts are the same for Options 1A and 1B])... 4-342 Table 4-E-31 Wetland Impacts by Watershed - continued (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1 [Impacts are the same for Options 1A and 1B])... 4-343 Table 4-E-32 Wetland Impacts by Watershed (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2 [Impacts are the Same for Options 2A, 2B, or 2C])... 4-346 Table 4-E-33 Wetland Impacts by Watershed (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-347 Table 4-E-34 Summary of Wetland Impacts by Classification and Watershed (North Shore Alternative)... 4-348 Table 4-E-35 Summary of Wetland Impacts by Classification and Watershed (South Shore Alternative)... 4-349 Table 4-E-36 Wetlands Alternatives Analysis... 4-350 Table 4-E-36 Wetlands Alternatives Analysis (continued)... 4-351 Table 4-E-37 Riparian, Floodplain, and Forest Vegetation of Nine Mile Run... 4-362 Table 4-E-38 Wildlife Species Observed During the Field Investigation... 4-363 Table 4-E-39 Comparision of Impacted Acreage and Habitat Units Lost Based Upon PAM HEP Study (North Shore Alternative)... 4-364 Table 4-E-40 Comparision of Impacted Acreage and Habitat Units Lost Based Upon PAM HEP Study (South Shore Alternative)... 4-366 Table 4-E-41 Summary of Impacted Acreage and Habitat Units Lost Based Upon PAM HEP Study... 4-367 Table 4-E-42 Threatened or Endangered Species That May Potentially Occur (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-373 Table 4-E-43 Threatened or Endangered Species That May Potentially Occur (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-375 Table 4-E-44 Threatened or Endangered Species That May Potentially Occur (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-376 Table 4-E-45 Threatened or Endangered Species That May Potentially Occur (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-379 Table 4-E-46 Summary of Impacts to Agriculture by Category (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-383 Table 4-F-1 Noise Monitoring Sites and Base Noise Levels (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-387 Table 4-F-2 Noise Monitoring Sites and Base Noise Levels (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-388 Table 4-F-3 Noise Monitoring Sites and Base Noise Levels (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-388 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-xx Table of Contents Table 4-F-4 Noise Monitoring Sites and Base Noise Levels (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-389 Table 4-F-5 Noise Monitoring Sites and Base Noise Levels (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-389 Table 4-F-6 Noise Monitoring Sites and Base Noise Levels (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-390 Table 4-F-7 Noise Analysis Summary (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1).. 4-395 Table 4-F-8 Noise Analysis Summary (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2).. 4-396 Table 4-F-9 Noise Analysis Summary (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-397 Table 4-F-10 Noise Analysis Summary (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-397 Table 4-F-11 Noise Analysis Summary (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-398 Table 4-F-12 Noise Analysis Summary (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-399 Table 4-G-1 Maximum 1-Hour and 8-Hour CO Concentrations... 4-408 Table 4-I-1 Potentially Contaminated Sites and Recommended Further Action (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 1)... 4-434 Table 4-I-2 Potentially Contaminated Sites and Recommended Further Action (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative - Section 2)... 4-434 Table 4-I-3 Potentially Contaminated Sites and Recommended Further Action (North Shore Alternative - Section 3)... 4-435 Table 4-I-4 Potentially Contaminated Sites and Recommended Further Action (North Shore Alternative - Section 4)... 4-435 Table 4-I-5 Potentially Contaminated Sites and Recommended Further Action (North Shore Alternative - Section 5)... 4-436 Table 4-I-6 Potentially Contaminated Sites and Recommended Further Action (South Shore Alternative - Section 6)... 4-437 Table 4-K-1 Reasonably Foreseeable Major Actions Affecting the Project Study Area... 4-469 Table 4-L-1 Summary of Impacted Utility Providers (North Shore Alternative and South Shore Alternative)... 4-473 Table 4-L-2 Active Railroad Line Relocations (North Shore Alternative)... 4-477 Table 4-L-3 Active Railroad Line Relocations (South Shore Alternative)... 4-477 Table 5-B-1 Environmental Impacts by Section and Option (North Shore Alternative)... 5-2 Table 5-B-2 Environmental Impacts by Section and Option (South Shore Alternative)... 5-3 Table 5-D-1 Environmental Impacts for the Preferred Option Combination (North Shore Alternative)... 5-9 Table 6-A-1 General Public Meetings... 6-2 Table 6-A-2 General Public Meeting Attendance... 6-3 Table 6-A-2 General Public Meeting Attendance (continued)... 6-4 Table 6-A-3 Municipalities Participating in the Public Officials Workshops... 6-5 Table 6-A-4 Neighborhood Meetings... 6-8 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops... 6-9 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops (continued)... 6-10 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops (continued)... 6-11 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops (continued)... 6-12 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops (continued)... 6-13 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops (continued)... 6-14 Table 6-A-5 Community Outreach Interviews and Workshops (continued)... 6-15 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376
Table of Contents TC-xxi Table 6-C-1 Special Agency Coordination Meetings... 6-21 Table 6-C-1 Special Agency Coordination Meetings (continued)... 6-22 Table 11(a)-1 Summary of Comments Received on the DEIS... 11(a)-2 Table 11(a)-2 Comment Response Code Categories... 11(a)-3 Table 11(b)-1 Comments Received before the start of the DEIS comment period... 11(b)-1 Table 11(c)-1 Comments Received after the end of the DEIS comment period... 11(c)-1 Table 11(d)-1 Response Code Acronyms... 11(d)-1 Table of Contents Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376 Final Environmental Impact Statement
TC-xxii Table of Contents List of Photographs - FEIS Photo 1-1 The many businesses and intersections add to traffic congestion along PA Route 51.... 1-7 Photo 1-2 Homestead is one of four central business districts through which PA Route 837 travels in the project study area.... 1-7 Photo 1-3 Numerous intersections and business districts, such as here in West Mifflin, impede traffic along PA Route 885.... 1-8 Photo 1-4 P.M. peak traffic periods often bring traffic to a halt entering the Squirrel Hill Tunnels.... 1-9 Photo 1-5 Signalized intersections and business districts, such as Turtle Creek above, contribute to traffic congestion along PA Route 130.... 1-10 Photo 1-6 Signalized intersections and multiple lanes of traffic add to the queue along PA Route 48 in Monroeville.... 1-10 Photo 1-7 Signalized intersections and business entrances slow traffic along Braddock Avenue in Braddock... 1-10 Photo 2-1 Manufacturing and densely packed housing conditions typify land uses in urbanized study corridor communities such as Braddock, shown here.... 2-3 Photo 2-2 Suburban communities like Jefferson Hills shown here, consist of low density residential developments, forest land, and open space.... 2-3 Photo 2-3 The Union Railroad Yard at Duquesne, pictured here, remains a critical transportation link for manufacturing industries within the project study area.... 2-5 Photo 2-4 The abandoned Carrie Furnace in Rankin is an example of a National Register of Historic Places-eligible site from the region s industrial age.... 2-10 Photo 2-5 The US Steel Edgar Thomson Works was the first large-scale steel mill in the Mon Valley. It is one of the few large industrial plants remaining within the project study area... 2-11 Photo 2-6 The former US Steel Homestead Works shows the condition of a brownfield site that has been cleared.... 2-12 Photo 2-7 Years later the same brownfield, now called The Waterfront, illustrates the development potential of these sites.... 2-12 Photo 2-8 Public parks, like Les Getz Memorial Park shown here, occur throughout the study area.... 2-14 Photo 2-9 Neighborhoods such as Duquesne Place (upper left) and Polish Hill (lower right) in Duquesne were formed around topography and man-made barriers....2-14 Photo 2-10 The GM Fisher Body Plant is one of the few remaining major employers in the project study area....2-18 Photo 2-11 Urbanization and intense industrialization, shown here along the Monongahela River near Braddock, has had a substantial impact on natural resources within the project study area.... 2-22 Photo 2-12 A typical cattail wetland found within the project study area.... 2-23 Photo 2-13 The Turtle Creek Flood Reduction Channel is one of the more extensive measures for controlling flooding in the project study area... 2-23 Photo 2-14 White precipitate, possibly the result of AMD, is seen here in one of the tributaries to Thompson Run (Turtle Creek Branch).... 2-24 Photo 2-15 Remnants of the steel industry, like this slag pile near the confluence of Nine Mile Run and the Monongahela River (lower-right in photo), continue to affect water quality throughout the project study area....2-24 Final Environmental Impact Statement Mon/Fayette Transportation Project PA Route 51 to I-376