The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) in partnership with the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), and in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE), are issuing a notice of availability for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), as well as, notice of a hearing to provide members of the public the opportunity to comment on the project for consideration in review of the Department of the Army’s (DA) 404 Permit Application (2104-523), the MDE’s Nontidal Wetlands Waterways Permit Application (24-NT-3200), and the MDE 401Water Quality Certification request (24-WQC-0043) for this project.
The public comment period on these documents begins November 8, 2024, and extends through January 13, 2025, at 5 PM.
The project team is proposing a new 8-mile long, four-lane, limited access facility for U.S.219 from the end of the Meyersdale Bypass in Pennsylvania to the newly constructed portion of U.S. 219 in Maryland, which opened in May 2021. Of the eight (8) miles, six (6) are in Pennsylvania and two (2) are in Maryland.
Maryland Public Hearing:
Date & Time: December 12, 2024 from 4-8 PM
- Open House Plans Display: 4-5 PM
- Formal Public Hearing: 5-8 PM
Where: Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department's Social Hall,178 Springs Road, Grantsville, MD 21536.
To Join Online, please log in after 4:45 PM at https://bit.ly/US219-MD-Hearing-Dec12. The hearing begins promptly at 5 PM.
Pennsylvania Public Hearing:
Date & Time: December 11, 2024 from 4-8 PM
- Open House Plans Display: 4-5 PM
- Formal Public Hearing: 5-8 PM
Where: Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department Station 618 Fire Hall, 385 Ord Street, Salisbury, PA 15558
To Join Online, please log in after 4:45 PM at https://bit.ly/US219-PA-Hearing-Dec11. The hearing begins promptly at 5 PM.
The DEIS is available online beginning November 8, 2024, for review at the following locations and on the project's website:
- Allegany County Library System - Frostburg, 65 East Main Street, Frostburg, MD 21532
- Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County - Grantsville Branch, 102 Parkview Drive, Grantsville, MD 21536
- MD SHA - District 6, 1251 Vocke Road, LaVale, MD 21502
- FHWA - Maryland Division, George H. Fallon Federal Building, Federal Highway Administration, 31 Hopkins Plaza, Suite 1520, Baltimore, MD 21201
- Mary S. Biesecker Public Library, 230 South Rosina Avenue, Somerset, PA 15501
- Meyersdale Public Library, 210 Center Street, Meyersdale, PA 15552
- Somerset County Library, 6022 Glades Pike, Suite 120, Somerset, PA 15501
- PennDOT District 9-0, 1620 North Juniata Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
- FHWA - Pennsylvania Division, 30 North Third Street, Suite 700, Harrisburg, PA 17101
