The document discusses the Bureau for Historic Preservation's long-term partnership with MPOs and RPOs to better incorporate historic and archaeological resources into the long-range transportation planning process. It provides background on the development of the partnership since 2004. The goals are to help planners identify local resources and anticipate effects on them earlier. The Bureau has provided training and assistance to several regions so far. Next steps include a proposal to "ground truth" historic resource impacts of projects in Delaware County through stakeholder outreach and developing advanced mitigation strategies. The initiative aims to better recognize cultural resources as community assets rather than obstacles to planning.

1. Long Range Transportation
Planning Partnership
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2. Bureau for Historic Preservation
LR 1 Sycamore Allee, Dauphin Co.

3. Pilot Survey / Planning Project
Northern Tier Regional Planning &
Development Commission
Land Use, Transportation and Economic Development
(LUTED) Plan
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4. How We Got to Here: Long story, short
2004 Worked with agency partners (DCED & DCNR) to develop
guidance on historic preservation planning
2005 Published the Bureau for Historic Preservation’s Guidance
for Historic Preservation Planning
2006 PHMC’s Regional Preservation Plan Pilot: Northern Tier
Regional Planning & Development Commission
2010 Developed Long Range Planning Partnership for MPOs
and RPOs in partnership with FHWA and PennDOT
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5. Northern Tier Pilot Project
Built on Past Planning Initiatives
Themes of Living with the Land
Cultivating Agriculture Rich in Resources Building Community Over Hill, Over Dale Handcrafted Heritage
Agricultural Development Era (1820 to 1870)
Small-scale production Gristmills and Wood frame housing, one and a Turnpike routes Agricultural events:
farms: sawmills half or two stories, sometimes - Milford and Owego - County fairs
- Operating cattle, dairy Dairy industries: with an “ell”: - Bridgewater and - Fruit Festivals
swine and sheep farms - Icehouses - Stephen Foster House, Athens Wilkes-Barre - Livestock Auctions
- Various Century Farms - Leraysville Cheese - Baldwin House, Laporte - Berwick and Elmira - Horse and Antique Tractor
(noted only in Bradford Factory, Leraysville - Wheaton Homestead, Covered Bridges in Luthers Pulls
County) -Various surviving Salt Springs State Park Mills, Hillsgrove, Forksville, - Maple Sugar Festivals
- Granaries of tight creameries, butter - Mitchell House, Sonestown, and Echo - Fall and Harvest Festivals
construction factories, and cheese Bradford County farm Hollow Cultural sites:
Commercial orchards factories Museum in Troy North Branch Canal and - Joseph Smith, Great bend
producing small fruits: Maple syrup Village Greens and Greek adjoining railroad situated Vicinity
-Various “Pick Your operations Revival Architecture: along the canal’s towpath - Stephen Foster (Folk
Own” Orchards Montrose, New Milford, (was the Pennsylvania and Composer)
Lime kilns Tunkhannock, and East New York Railroad, but - David Wilmot (Free-Soil
Feed mills Smithfield changed to the Lehigh Valley Politician), Towanda
Public schools Railroad later) Museums:
General stores in Hillsgrove, - Surviving canal segment, - Bradford County Farm
Estella, Sylvania, Warren Center, Tunkhannock to Vosburg Museum, Troy
Forkston, and Forksville Starrucca Viaduct - Susquehanna Co Firemans
Municipal buildings: Museum, Montrose
- Harford Post Office
Sources: Endless Mountains Heritage Region Management Action Plan, 1998; Historical Resources of Pennsylvania (c1700-1960), 2002
Sources: Endless Mountains Heritage Region Management Action
Plan, 1998; Historical Resources of Pennsylvania (c1700-1960), 2002
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6. Northern Tier Pilot Project
Recognized Resources as Assets
Project focused on assets along significant highway
corridors in the region
o Historic resources
o Visitor amenities
Restaurants
Gas stations
o Scenic views
and landscapes
Mansfield
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7. Long Range Planning Partnership
with MPOs and RPOs
o Based on the Northern Tier model
o Developed in cooperation with PHMC, FHWA, and PennDOT
o PHMC-Bureau for Historic Preservation can provide direct
training and technical assistance to MPOs and RPOs
(under the FHWA-PENNDOT-PHMC funding agreement)
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8. Long Range Planning Partnership
with MPOs and RPOs
o Goals
− Incorporate historic and archaeological resources more effectively
throughout the LRTP process
− Streamline the project review process by helping planners anticipate
effects on resources before the design phase
o Tailor BHP’s assistance to MPO/RPOs to facilitate the
transportation planning process
− Identify local stakeholders and consulting parties
− Help define local and regional priorities
− Show how to predict the resource types in a project area
− Educate regional partners about the state’s review process
− Offer alternatives for managing important resources regionally
− Discuss possible mitigation strategies as part of the action plan
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9. Transportation Planning
Organizations
So far, we have consulted
with these regions:
Centre August 2010
Pittsburgh / SPC April 2011
Southern Alleghenies May 2011
Lebanon Oct 2011 and ongoing
Erie December 2011
SEDA COG December 2011
Lancaster 2011-2012
North Central February 2012
DVRPC 2012-2013
Franklin we hope to in 2012-13
York we hope to in 2012-13
Reading we hope to in 2013-14
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10. Long Range Planning Partnership
with MPOs and RPOs NEXT STEPS
DVRPC - LRTP Partnership’s proposal… “Ground Truthing” in Delaware County
** focused on:
local preservation priorities, engaging citizens & determining advanced mitigation strategies
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11. Proposed process:
−identify projects on TIP, 12 year Program & Long-Range Transportation Plan likely to impact historic
resources in Delaware Co. (prior to any preliminary engineering)
−work with Delaware County Preservation Services to identify 3-5 projects on a sub-region to pilot the
approach, outreach and mitigation strategies. Projects could be representative of a typology (i.e. train
stations, bridges) and/or aid County staff in an ongoing effort
−develop an outreach approach for each project
o meet with County staff, meet with Stakeholders, meet with general public
−Discuss community’s historic preservation priorities
−Identify possible mitigation strategies tied to proposed transportation projects
−produce addendum to Long Range Plan on advanced historic preservation mitigation strategies applicable to
the entire DVRPC region. Addendum could contain: methodology for addressing community historic
preservation priorities in transportation project development; advanced mitigation strategies; and/or regional
preservation banking proposal.
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12. What we are learning &
Why this initiative is important
- regional partners are struggling with defining the level of effort for LRTPs knowing
budget constraints in upcoming years; most don’t foresee any new projects
- circumstances are directing resources (staff and financial) and planning efforts to
priority corridors and core transportation systems; the majority of projects are bridges
- most plans do not identify unfunded problems/projects; the life of the plans are
generally 30 years (Lancaster County MPO is an exception)
- regional understanding of environmental and cultural resources have been remiss in
making connections between those resources ; planning solutions aren’t always
considering these resources as assets but rather obstacles
- use of PHMC’s GIS data has been limited; primarily used in simple maps showing all
National Register properties; it hasn’t been clear now GIS data is being used to direct
planning decisions
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