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The West Windsor Citizens for Transportation Alternatives (WWCTA) was created in1999 to help inform the citizens of West Windsor about the Millstone Bypass. Our purpose was to work for an Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.) in order to find alternatives to the former bypass alignment that would have fewer negative impacts on important cultural, environmental, and historical areas in the area. We believe it is particularly important to understand the connection between land use and transportation and to have a broad view of the situation in central New Jersey.
Thanks to all who participated in the Roundtable process and to those who wrote letters, gave testimony, and supported our cause! The Final Environemental Impact Statement has now been released: Executive Summary of FEIS The NJDOT's Preferred Alignment for the Penns Neck Environmental Impact Statement was released to the public on Wednesday, January 28, 2004
For a Description of this Alternative (D.2A), a Map,
and Further Information, please access
the Millstone Bypass Alert Coalition Web Site.
AVAILABILITY OF PREVIOUSLY RELEASED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
The DEIS that has been prepared for the Penns Neck Area Study assesses the Project's effect on the environment in accordance with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of I966, and the FHWA Guidance for Preparing and Processing Environmental and Section 4(f) Documents. Copies of the DEIS, along with other documents relating to the study, will be available for review at the project repositories listed below on or before Monday, June 2, 2003 (call for hours). An Executive Summary of the DEIS is also available on the project website at www.pennsneckareaeis.org.
West Windsor Public Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor (609) 799-0462
Plainsboro Public Library, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro (609) 275-2898
Princeton Township Clerk's Office, 369 Witherspoon Street, Princeton Township (609) 924-5176
Princeton Borough Clerk's Office, Borough Hall, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton (609) 497-7622
Rutgers University Transportation Policy Institute, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
(732) 932-6812 Ext. 593
New Jersey Department of Transportation, 1035 Parkway Avenue, Ewing (609) 530-2989
Important Clarification: The Role of the E.I.S. Roundtable
George Hawkins,
Executive Director, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
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In November 2000, former Governor Christine Whitman ordered an Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.) for the area that had previously been considered in an Environmental Assessment (E.A.) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). This order in fact invalidated the EA and demands a more thorough investigation of the area and requires that more alternative solutions be considered. The Millstone Bypass Alert Coalition, already in existence before the governor's action and in favor of an E.I.S., represents many different viewpoints and constituents and was formed to help work for solutions for problems in the Penns Neck Area. The Coalition believes that the former Millstone Bypass alignment was not the best possible solution and itself created new problems for the area--to the Millstone River, Penns Woods, their wetlands and wildlife, the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park--without adequate proof of relieving traffic congestion and safety on Route 1 and Washington Road or many other roads in the area. Both the Coalition and the WWCTA were represented at the Penns Neck Area E.I.S. Roundtable.
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You owe it to yourself and the future of your township to learn more about
the Penns Neck Area E.I.S. The issues are important, and better solutions are needed.
Past Actions:
Governor Whitman Orders Environmental Impact Statement Nov. 2, 2000
The NJ Department of Transportation's Environmental Assessment for the Millstone Bypass
Copyright® West Windsor Citizens
for Transportation Alternatives
July 28, 2005
wpmcguire@earthlink.net
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