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Commission advances Route 19 feasibility, ecological permitting and rail‑trail task order with engineering firm
Summary
The commission approved change order work for ecological permitting related to the Route 19 feasibility study, advanced permitting steps with the U.S. Army Corps and DEP, and approved Thrasher task order for Route 19 to Reynoldsville rail‑trail work.
The Harrison County Commission voted to approve a change order and scope to complete ecological permitting and jurisdictional determinations for the Route 19 feasibility study and authorized the county’s engineering firm to proceed with permitting steps that may require U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state Department of Environmental Protection review.
County and consultant staff briefed commissioners on the permitting timeline and potential mitigation requirements. The consultant said a jurisdictional determination from the Corps can take roughly six months and that the county’s delineation suggested some areas initially identified as potentially jurisdictional might not be regulated, but final determinations must await on‑site federal review. If the Corps asserts jurisdiction, mitigation or remediation options and costs will need to be estimated and brought back to the commission for decision; the change order does not pay for mitigation work itself, only for permitting and determination.
Commissioners approved proceeding so the permitting
