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Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project FEIR Chapter 2.0: Response to Comments on the Environmental Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Report The Shared-Use Path segment on the I-95 northbound bridge will include ―viewing areas‖ where path users will be able to enjoy views of the river corridor, including observation of Bald Eagles in the area. 2.7.12 Tom Horth, Newburyport – Coastal Trails Coalition Tom Horth, Newburyport – Coastal Trails Coalition TH-1: We’d like to congratulate you in including the shared use path. This is going to be an incredible amenity to our area and eventually to general bicycle transportation up and down the east coast. Response: The comment is noted. TH-2: We'd also like to reinforce and support the points that Andy Port made about Newburyport, and in particular we very strongly support the building of a better sound barrier for the Laurel Road people. They really deserve it. And frankly, Mass. Highway's standards in this regard are inadequate. Response: The project will relocate the existing articulated noise barrier within the limits of the I-95 ROW in order to accommodate the construction of the shared use path. TH-3: Finally, I'd like to make sure that you – at least when you re-build the old bridge over the old railroad north of the northern end, that you don't do anything that would make it more difficult to connect the Ghost Trail to the Powow Riverwalk in the future. Response: The proposed widening and reconstruction of the I-95 bridges over the railroad ROW will not impede future development of a connection between Powow River and Ghost trails. 2.7.13 Deb Carey, Amesbury – Coastal Trails Coalition DC-1: I would like to express my personal concern, the concern of many people I spoke with about the connection of Evans Place. I understand and sympathize with the fact that there is more than a little difficulty in making any connection there given the requirements of ADA, and also I understand there's also some wetlands in that area, and to get this built you need to get it built fast. Response: The comment refers to the requested connection from Main Street/Evans Place to the Shared-Use Path in the vicinity of the existing Visitor Information Center at 520 Main Street. The visitor center, the former Smith‘s Chain Bridge Filling Station No. 3, has been determined by the State Historic Preservation Officer to be eligible for individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places. As such, any construction on its lot or modifications of the building would trigger review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and would require modification of the project‘s Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement. If determined to be an adverse impact under Section 106, Section 4(f) would be triggered. Additionally, the limited space available at the 520 Main Street location and the difference in elevation between the visitor center parcel and the Shared-Use Path (approximately 40 feet) would make the connection infeasible, require a large ramp structure with grades in excess of handicapped accessibility requirements, and result in additional wetland impacts to Wetland I, located behind the visitor center building. Additional wetland impacts in excess of 40 square feet at Wetland I would result in the need for wetlands Variance for the project, the timeline for which would push the project outside of the Accelerated Bridge Program funding schedule. 2-74
Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project FEIR Chapter 2.0: Response to Comments on the Environmental Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Report DC-2: And I also want to second Tom's motion about the rebuilding of the former train bridge. Response: As noted in the response to comment EEA-4 above, MassDOT has determined that the requested acquisition of the former railroad ROW under I-95 to enable a future connection between the Powow River trail in Amesbury and the Ghost Trail in Salisbury is beyond the scope of the Whittier Bridge project. The proposed widening and reconstruction of the I-95 bridges over the railroad ROW will not impede future development of a connection between Powow River and Ghost trails. The connection of the Powow River and Ghost Trails is an independent project that can be subsequently pursued by the municipalities through regular project development process and would not be precluded by this project. 2-75
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