Project Advisory Committee Meeting 1

This project's Project Advisory Committee (PAC) is comprised of local officials and heads of regional public interest groups. Periodic PAC meetings are valuable for informing PAC members on the project's status; listening to their concerns, and by extension, the concerns of their constituents;, and giving them an opportunity to have a voice in the project’s development. The goal of the meetings is to have the PAC members and PENNDOT’s project team work together to develop the best possible improvement project. The first PAC meeting, which was held October 16, 2001, introduced PAC members to the project and the project team.


Public Meeting 1

The first Public Meeting was held Thursday, October 25, 2001 at the Pennfield Middle School. This open-house introduced the project to local residents and business owners, and gave them an opportunity to voice their opinions and ask questions about the project.

Attendees were free to question PENNDOT’s project team members as they moved at their own pace through display stations that featured photographs, graphics and maps covering the following project areas:
  • Project Location
  • "Where do you live?" map
  • Project Purpose, History, and Need
  • Conceptual Options (two 200-scale maps)
  • Conceptual Options - aerial base
  • Traffic Studies
  • Right-of-way Information
  • Categorical Exclusion Evaluation Process
  • Environmental and Cultural Resource Studies
  • Project Schedule


Project Advisory Committee Meeting 2

The second PAC meeting, held March 5, 2002, provided a project update to committee members. PAC members were familiarized with the status of ongoing environmental, historic and engineering studies and presented with a preliminary alignment for discussion. The project team members explained the decision-making processes that led to this preliminary alignment and discussed that alignment with PAC members.


Project Advisory Committee Meeting 3

The third PAC meeting, held February 25, 2003, presented the results of the latest project studies, the current design option, land use initiatives and public involvement efforts. This meeting served as a public official briefing for the upcoming Public Meeting to be held April 3, 2003.


Public Meeting 2

The second Public Meeting was held April 3, 2003 at the Pennfield Middle School.


Public Meeting 3

The third Public Meeting was held September 21, 2006 at the West Broad Street Elementary School in Souderton.