The Eastern Pennsylvania Freight Alliance is a multi-regional coalition created to write a new freight infrastructure plan for the Lehigh Valley, Northeast Pennsylvania, Lackawanna-Luzerne, Berks County and Lebanon County areas. Encompassing 10 counties and 400 municipalities, the Alliance issued a request for proposals and selected a consultant to begin the planning process in 2022.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Freight Infrastructure Plan is a blueprint for future investments and policies aimed at mitigating the impacts of freight traffic within the region, while also managing the expected continued expansion of freight uses within Eastern Pennsylvania. This effort includes three distinct documents: the Plan, the Regional Freight Profile, and the Appendices.
Each of the project documents can be downloaded below. An executive summary of the document can be downloaded here. The plan has been adopted on December 18, 2024.
The Regional Freight Profile is a companion document to the Plan. This compendium of freight transportation data set the baseline for this effort, helping us understand where, when, and how freight moves throughout the region.
The Appendices highlight many supporting elements, including outreach elements, the results of the project survey, and County-specific industrial profiles.
Northampton County, in partnership with the LVPC, has prepared a Freight-Based Land Use Management Guide to assist municipalities in making land use decisions regarding freight-based development and to alleviate issues that result from these types of land uses. The guide includes a land use tool that municipalities can use to determine the best locations for these types of land uses and mitigate the issues associated with these developments.
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