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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to construct Wetland Mitigation Site on approximately 0.519 acres of land in Hartwood Acres Park, authorizing the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to make improvements to the Wetland Mitigation Site at no cost to the County.
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Whereas, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (“the Commission”) is the process of planning the total reconstruction of a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (“the Turnpike”) between Mileposts 40 and 48 in Indiana Township (“the Project”); and
Whereas, the Project includes the reconstruction and widening of existing lanes of the Turnpike and its median as well as the replacement and rehabilitation of bridges and culverts within the Project boundary, which includes the Deer Creek Watershed; and
Whereas, the Project will result in the loss of approximately one-half acre of wetlands within the Deer Creek Watershed; and
Whereas, the Commission needs to find a replacement wetland habitat within the Deer Creek Watershed for the wetlands lost as a result of the Project; and
Whereas, the Commission is desirous of constructing a replacement wetland habitat on approximately 0.519 acres of land adjacent to Blue Run Road within the County’s Hartwood Acres Park (“the Site”); and
Whereas, as part of its construction of the replacement wetland habitat, the Commission is willing to replace the existing culvert at the Site and to make other valuable improvements to the Site at no cost to the County; and
Whereas, the Commission also has agreed that: (1) all plans and specifications to replace the existing culvert and to make other improvements at the Site will be subject to review and approval by the County’s Parks Department; and (2) that the Commission will monitor and maintain the Site for a period of five (5) years after completion of the work at the Site or until such time that the Site is deemed successful...
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