Finding [28 Pa.B. 4297] Venango County Pursuant to the provisions of 71 P. S. Section 2002(b), the Secretary of Transportation makes the following written finding:
The Department of Transportation plans to retrofit the existing bridge (Drake Well Bridge) carrying S.R. 1011 over Oil Creek in Cherrytree Township. The existing Drake Well Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The following mitigation measures will be implemented:
1. The bridge will be photographed before construction, during all stages of construction, and after the retrofitting process is completed.
2. The design of the bridge will be compatible to the greatest extent possible with the historic qualities of Drake Well Park in terms of scale, massing, color, and materials and is responsive to the recommended approaches to new construction set forth in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Details for retrofitting the truss onto the bridge will be developed in consultation with the PA Historical & Museum Commission.
3. PennDOT will work with the staff of Drake Well Park to develop a plan to reroute traffic to the Park during the construction of the new bridge, using the existing historic train corridor into the Park in addition to providing information describing transportation alternatives to the Park.
I have considered the environmental, economic, social, and other effects of the proposed project as enumerated in Section 2002 of the Administrative Code, and have concluded that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the project as designed, and all reasonable steps have been taken to minimize such effect.
No adverse environmental effect is likely to result from the reconstruction of this section of highway.
BRADLEY L. MALLORY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1410. Filed for public inspection August 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
