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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the EAIDEIR. Please contact me at 617­ 918-1025 'with any comments or questions. Sincerely, ~~ Timothy L. Timmennann Associate Director Office ofEnvironmental Review cc: Richard K. Sullivan, Secretary Executive Office ofEnergy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge·Street, Suite 900, 9 th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Thomas F. Broderick, P.E. Acting ChiefEngineer MassDOT-Highway Division 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116-3973 Attn: James Cerbone

ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE COMMISSION 221 Essex Street· Suite 41· Salem, MA 01970 978.740.0444 te1- 978.744.6473 www.essexheritage.org December 21,2011 Pamela S. Stephenson, Division Administrator Federal Highway Administration 55 Broadway, 10th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Attention: Damaris Santiago ~fcnVfl DEC 222011 M[P~ Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Secretary Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office 100 Cambridge Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Attention: Purvi Patel Re: Environmental Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Report Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project Dear Administrator Stephenson and Secretary Sullivan: On behalfofthe Essex National Heritage Commission, I thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the Environmental Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Whittier Bridge 1-95 Improvement Project released for review on November 9,2011. Designated by the U.S. Congress in 1996 as the management entity ofthe Essex National Heritage Area (Essex County), the mission ofEssex Heritage is to preserve and promote the historic, natural, and cultural reSources ofthe Area. Accordingly, the organization has long advocated on behalfofthe region's alternative transportation network as viable means of experiencing the region and sustaining its livability. In particular, we have participated in the development ofthe Coastal Trails Network, the emerging 30-mile system ofinterconnected onand off-road trails linking the communities ofAmesbury, Newbury, Newburyport and Salisbury. The Essex National Heritage Commission strongly supports inclusion ofa shared use path as part ofthe Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project. The path over the Merrimack River will create a safe and highly desirable new element ofthe Coastal Trails Network, one providing direct bicycle and pedestrian access to the Amesbury, Newburyport, Salisbury, as well as the greater lower Merrimack Valley. Our review ofthe EA/DEIR identified two important actions that would significantly strengthen the integrity and utility ofthe proposed shared use path. The first entails providing a connection between the path and Main Street in Amesbury. Doing so will greatly increase the path's use by Amesbury residents as well as the myriad ofcyclists who already access the region's upriver communities via Main Street.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the EAIDEIR. Please contact me at 617­<br />

918-1025 'with any comments or questions.<br />

Sincerely,<br />

~~<br />

Timothy L. Timmennann<br />

Associate Director<br />

Office of<strong>Environmental</strong> Review<br />

cc:<br />

Richard K. Sullivan, Secretary<br />

Executive Office ofEnergy and <strong>Environmental</strong> Affairs<br />

100 Cambridge·Street, Suite 900, 9 th Floor<br />

Boston, MA 02114<br />

Thomas F. Broderick, P.E.<br />

Acting ChiefEngineer<br />

MassDOT-Highway Division<br />

10 Park Plaza<br />

Boston, MA 02116-3973<br />

Attn: James Cerbone

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