Northampton County Freight-Based Land Use Management Guide

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. 

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 Freight Infrastructure Plan will analyze the transportation network and land use among other factors to develop a strategy to better manage freight mobility in Eastern Pennsylvania. The plan is anticipated to be complete in late 2023-2024.