3. 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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4. Pilot Survey/Planning Project
Northern Tier Regional Planning
& Development Commission
Land Use, Transportation and
Economic Development (LUTED) Plan
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5. 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 Turnpike routes Agricultural events:
farms: sawmills a 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 - Leraysville Cheese - Baldwin House, Laporte - Berwick and Elmira - Horse and Antique Tractor
Farms (noted only in Factory, Leraysville - Wheaton Homestead, Covered Bridges in Luthers Pulls
Bradford 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 Politician), Towanda
Public schools Valley Railroad later) Museums:
General stores in Hillsgrove, - Surviving canal segment, - Bradford County Farm
Sources: Endless Mountains Heritage Region Management Action
Estella, Sylvania, Warren Tunkhannock to Vosburg Museum, Troy
Center, Forkston, and Forksville Starrucca Viaduct - Susquehanna Co Firemans
Plan, 1998; Historical Resources of Pennsylvania (c1700-1960), 2002
Municipal buildings: Museum, Montrose
- Harford Post Office
Sources: Endless Mountains Heritage Region Management Action Plan, 1998; Historical Resources of Pennsylvania (c1700-1960), 2002
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6. Recognized Resources as Assets
Mansfield
Project focused on assets
along significant highway
corridors in the region
Historic resources
Visitor amenities
• Restaurants
• Gas stations
Scenic views and
landscapes
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7. Long Range Planning Partnership with
MPOs and RPOs
Based on the Northern Tier model
Developed in collaboration with FHWA and PennDOT (and
coordinated under their funding agreement with PHMC)
PHMC-BHP can provide direct training and technical
assistance to MPOs and RPOs:
Incorporate historic and archaeological resources more
effectively throughout the LRTP process
Streamline the project review process by anticipating
effects on resources before the design phase
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8. Long Range Planning Partnership with
MPOs and RPOs
How we can tailor our assistance to the MPO/RPO
to facilitate the transportation planning process
Identify local stakeholders and consulting parties
Help them define local and regional priorities
Show them how to predict resource types in a project area
Educate the staff about the standard review process
Offer alternatives for managing important resources on a
regional basis
Discuss possible mitigation strategies as part of the LRTP
action plan
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9. Transportation
PHMC has consulted with Planning Organizations
these MPOs & RPOs:
Centre
Pittsburgh/SPC
Lancaster (2011-12)
Southern Alleghenies (ACM)
Lebanon
Erie (ACM)
SEDA COG
North Central (ACM)
DVRPC (2012-13)
Berks
Coming Up: Franklin and York
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13. Goal E: Ensure that transportation investments
address protection of Lancaster County’s
agricultural, natural, and cultural resources.
Develop context-sensitive design guidelines for any transportation
project in heritage conservation and tourism investment areas.
Use the LPN screening forms to identify potential issues.
Coordinate transportation planning and investment with the heritage
resources as highlighted in the County Comprehensive Plan.
Lancaster County Heritage Byways Program
Create a bridge protection program for historic bridges.
Develop a system of wayfinding signs to facilitate transportation between
heritage conservation and tourism investment areas.
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14. Other Goals and Strategies
Target transportation investments to support the
Envision Lancaster County Goals, and Strategies
In Heritage Conservation and Tourism Investment Areas
• Identify gaps in the transportation network to enhance mobility
• Focus bicycle and pedestrian improvements
• Study parking supply and demand
Maintain and improve the county’s infrastructure
Establish a dialogue with PennDOT on historic bridges
Improve and maintain shoulders on the County’s
roadway network in a context sensitive manner
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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Notes de l'éditeur
Most of the actions in Goal E are new from the last LRTP.
We will continue to offer comments and support as needed to any MPO and RPO, however each year we will have a special arrangement with one MPO or RPO to work with their planners throughout the planning process. We just wrapped up our partnership with Lancaster County which you just learned about and have begun a new partnership with DVRPC. The approach in DVRPC’s region will be much different and focused on determining local preservation priorities , a process for engaging people with preservation interests prior to any project planning, and devising a catalogue of advanced mitigation strategies.This approach will be piloted in Delaware County.