Conference Partners

A New Approach to Transportation and Preservation: A Workshop for the Public

Tuesday, May 18 ~ 8:30am-12:00pm

This workshop, targeting potential consulting parties and the interested public, will serve as an introduction to the new interagency delegation agreement for Section 106 activities among the Federal Highway Administration, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the PHMC, and PennDOT.  The workshop will introduce attendees to the new provisions in the agreement, and to the specific implementation of those provisions through the new cultural resources handbook, administrative procedures, and public involvement clearinghouse.  The new agreement constitutes some of the most sweeping changes in cultural resource management and transportation in Pennsylvania's history, and includes unprecedented opportunities for public access to information and public involvement. This workshop is especially important for organizations and individuals who have been or may become consulting parties on section 106 agreements with PennDOT and the Federal Highway Administration, or Army Corps of Engineers permitted transportation projects.