Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Westchester County

Published date04 December 2019
Citation84 FR 66439
Record Number2019-26181
SectionNotices
CourtFederal Highway Administration
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 66439-66440]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-26181]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Federal Highway Administration
                Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Westchester County
                AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), United States Department
                of Transportation (DOT).
                ACTION: Rescinded notice of intent (NOI).
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                SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this rescinded NOI to advise the public
                that the FHWA will not be preparing and issuing an Environmental Impact
                Statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve NYS Route 9A in the Towns of
                Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant and the Village of Elmsford, Westchester
                County, New York [New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)
                Project Identification Number (PIN) 8103.22]. The NOI to prepare an EIS
                was published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2002.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance MacMillan, Regional Director,
                New York State Department of Transportation, 4 Burnett Boulevard,
                Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Telephone: (845) 431-5750; or Richard
                Marquis, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, New
                York Division, Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building, 7th Floor, 11A Clinton
                Avenue, Albany, New York 12207, Telephone (518) 431-4127.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in coordination with the NYSDOT,
                previously intended to prepare an EIS to evaluate the effects of a
                proposal to improve NYS Route 9A in the Towns of Greenburgh and Mount
                Pleasant and the Village of Elmsford, Westchester County, New York. The
                proposed improvements involved the reconstruction of approximately 2.5
                miles of the existing route from just south of Route 119 to just north
                of Route 100C. The objectives of the proposal include ``to mitigate
                existing vehicular congestion and delays and accommodate future
                vehicular growth; correct identified safety problems with appropriate
                accident countermeasures; and provide a safer and convenient multi-
                modal facility for transit, cyclist, and pedestrian traffic.''
                 The project was initiated to address structural deficiencies on the
                existing Route 100C bridge over Route 9A; deterioration of the Route 9A
                Portland cement concrete pavement; inadequacies of the existing
                drainage system along Route 9A; and sidewalk deficiencies along Route
                9A within the project limits. As stated in the original NOI,
                alternatives under consideration included: (1) Taking no actions; (2)
                widening and reconstructing Route 9A; (3) widening and reconstructing
                Route 9A and providing a new eastbound Cross Westchester Expressway (I-
                287) off ramp; (4) widening and reconstructing Route 9A, providing new
                eastbound Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) off ramp, and improving
                access to major industrial/commercial area; and (5) constructing a
                bypass on new alignment in association with the widening and
                reconstruction of Route 9A. These potential alternatives, except for
                taking no actions, included the common elements of widening and
                reconstructing Route 9A and replacing the Route 100C bridge over Route
                9A. The project would have required the removal of 18 buildings (one
                residence and 17 commercial structures). In 2002 dollars, the total
                estimated cost of the action was between 37 and 79 million dollars. Due
                to the effects of the right-of-way acquisitions and insufficient
                funding for the project, the project was not advanced as originally
                envisioned. In addition, the widening of Route 9A and the construction
                of a new I-287 eastbound exit ramp are no longer being considered.
                 The identified operational deficiencies at the Route 9A
                intersection with Route 119 have been addressed as part of a separate,
                independent action to improve vehicle capacity, improve pedestrian
                safety, maintain parking, and improve intersection geometrics via
                provision of left turn lanes and protected left turn signal phases
                (NYSDOT PIN 8103.37). The existing Route 100C over Route 9A bridge has
                also been replaced as part of a separate, independent action to address
                numerous structural deficiencies (NYSDOT PIN 8025.00).
                 The NYSDOT will be evaluating improvements to provide access from
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                Route 119 and the eastbound Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) to the
                Warehouse Lane/Route 9A intersection (NYSDOT PIN 8103.52). This
                independent action will have a unique project purpose and objectives.
                 Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be
                directed to the FHWA contact person at the address provided above.
                 Issued on: November 25, 2019.
                Richard Marquis,
                New York Division Administrator, Albany, New York.
                [FR Doc. 2019-26181 Filed 12-3-19; 8:45 am]
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