Laurel Springs Laurel

Stratford

Riverton

Haddonfield

Palmyra

Camden County Camden

Clayton Pennsauken Cooper-Campbell Gloucester City Mantua Boulevard Rowan University

Glassboro

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Cooper-Campbell

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South Camden Gloucester City

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Walter Rand Crown Point Road Mantua / Pitman .

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PENNSYLVANIA DRAFT Delaware River

Sewell

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Elk

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Woodbury ! . Red Bank Avenue !

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! Mantua Boulevard Roadways . ! Wenonah Glassboro to Camden Alignment County Boundary Woodbury Heights PATCO Line Waterways

Philadelphia River Line ¯ 0 0.5 1 2 Miles

www.GlassboroCamdenLine.com

South Camden Woodbury Pitman Glassboro

DRAFT

Gloucester County Gloucester

Paulsboro

East Greenwich East South Harrison South A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is currently being The Project Team has been evaluating the proposed GCL in Active and informed public participation is a key element The publication of the Draft EIS is scheduled for Spring prepared to assess the potential environmental impacts associated terms of its potential effects on: What of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) phase. During 2014, at which time there will be public hearings along What is with the proposed Glassboro-Camden Line (GCL) passenger rail What Are We Outreach the EIS phase, a wide range of partners, including the What with a 45-day comment period. Following the comment project. An EIS is a federally mandated full-disclosure document Traffic & Transit How To Get Involved? an EIS? Studying? Have We public, businesses, and agencies at all levels of government, Comes Next? period, the GCL team will carefully consider all comments which describes the potential positive and negative effects Land Use provide input into the project and decisions. To that end, received and begin preparing a Final EIS. associated with a proposed action, in this case the introduction Neighborhood Character Done? a comprehensive public involvement effort is on-going to of a passenger rail system along an 18-mile corridor from Camden • Become informed on the project by viewing the project Aesthetics advise the public of all opportunities available to participate. It is anticipated that the Final EIS will be published in to Glassboro. It allows transit officials to make project decisions late 2014. If the GCL project moves forward, it would then website, www.GlassboroCamdenLine.com, for the latest Cultural & Historic Resources that balance engineering and There are two key points in the NEPA process where public enter into Preliminary Engineering and news, and review the available documents and past studies transit needs with social, economic, and Parks, Wetlands & Natural Resources participation is particularly focused: Design, at which time the final track alignment natural environmental factors. The Delaware River Port Authority Hazardous Materials (DRPA) in cooperation with the 1) During Public Scoping (Completed) and station locations would be set. The station • Offer comments on the Draft EIS The EIS document will consist of: Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Air Quality 2) Following the publication of the Draft EIS (Spring 2014) locations analyzed in the EIS represents a and New Jersey Transit (NJ TRANSIT) • Attend the public hearings in Spring 2014 • A description of the project and the Noise & Vibration reasonable best understanding at how this project the funding agency, initiated Purpose and Need would be implemented. As engineering and • Call the project information line preparation of the Glassboro- “The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal design progress and specific ground conditions are • A description of the existing human Camden Line EIS. The FTA is the lead agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision and natural environments federal agency for the project, with understood, it is possible that the station locations • Communicate with your local government, businesses, and making processes by considering the environmental impacts of • A summary of the potential effects on DRPA/PATCO providing EIS project could be different from those shown in the EIS. neighbors about the project the human and natural environments oversight, and NJ TRANSIT serving their proposed actions.” Public review and input would be sought if that • A summary of proposed mitigation as the funding partner. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) were to occur. measures THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY LOOKING AHEAD

Study Corridor by the Numbers Public Outreach and Participation We Are Here PROCESS DATE The Corridor: Contact Us: » 18 mile long new transit line running through 12 established South Wrap up Environmental Analyses Winter 2013/2014 Prepare DEIS • Describe affected environment Jersey communities making stops at14 new stations Draft EIS FTA Ms. Victoria Malaszecki, Public Involvement Liaison • Compare impacts with Feasibility Study AA Study GCL EIS Grand Total Review & Approval Notice of Public objectives, issues, laws, Preparation Publish Draft EIS Spring 2014 Publish Comment /Record Intent Scoping standards of Final EIS of E-mail: [email protected] Draft EIS Period The Region: • Analyze and document impacts Decision Number of on the affected environment » 18,000 students and 2,400 staff at the two major universities Public Hearings Spring 2014 • Identify mitigation measures Comments 221 1102 208 1531 Project Information Line: (856) 595-4GCL anchoring both ends of the line (Subjective & Objective) Respond to Draft EIS comments Summer 2014 Complete » 296 miles of rail transit in Southeastern PA and 583 miles of rail Meetings transit in North Jersey, but only 98 miles of rail transit in South Jersey Public 11 9 5 25 Publish Final EIS Late Fall 2014 Public & Public/ Agency Agency Public Draft EIS Public The Environmental Study: Scoping Scope Open Public Information Elected Officials 6 28 22 56 Preliminary Engineering 2015-2017 Meetings Review House Hearings Session » 11 Historical Districts studied Meeting Spring 2010 Spring 2013 Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Fall 2014 » 7 towns with redevelopment plans supporting transit in the corridor Targeted Outreach 35 53 5 93 » 44 acres of wetlands mapped and delineated Construction 2016-2018 Agencies 13 12 3 28 www.GlassboroCamdenLine.com 18 - 24 Months » 42 public parks and recreational facilities along the corridor Total Meetings Start of Operation 2019 » 22 state and federal agencies and local governments committed to 65 102 35 202 November 2013 participating in the GCL EIS study