PITTSTON - The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Rural Transportation Planning Organization (NPRTPO) Committee has distributed for public review the following documents:

2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) including highway, bridge and transit program listings, TIP administrative procedures, air quality conformity analysis determination, individual project description sheets and environmental justice analysis determination.

Several documents are available online on proposed highway, bridge and transit projects for Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill and Wayne Counties for the upcoming four-year TIP which will become effective on October 1, 2012. TIP documentation will be available for public review from June 15, 2012 through 10:00am on July 17, 2012 on NEPA Alliance's website at www.nepa-alliance.org and at various locations throughout the region.

A public hearing will be held at the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) offices on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 9:30am to receive public testimony on these documents. Those interested in providing testimony at the hearing are requested to contact Kate McMahon one week prior to the meeting at (570) 655-5581 or kmcmahon@nepa-alliance.org to register and to be placed on the meeting agenda.