Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Westchester County

Richard Marquis
Federal Highway Administration
4 December 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ACTION: Rescinded notice of intent (NOI).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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this rescinded NOI to advise the public 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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