Public Meeting

FISCAL YEAR 2009 CAPITAL BUDGET AND
FISCAL YEARS 2009-2020 CAPITAL PROGRAM

Notice is hereby given that public hearings will be held by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).  The hearings will be held in the SEPTA Board Room at SEPTA Headquarters, 1234 Market Street, Mezzanine Level, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 at 11:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., on April 7, 2008, for the purpose of considering SEPTA’s proposed Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2009-2020 Capital Program and the projects contained therein for which financial assistance is being sought. 

In Fiscal Year 2009, SEPTA will be eligible to receive federal and state capital funding from the Federal Transit Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  The total amount of federal and state funds to be received in Fiscal Year 2009 will be determined at the completion of the federal and state budget processes.  SEPTA proposes to submit to its funding agencies a program of projects for funding consideration.

At the hearings, SEPTA will afford an opportunity for interested persons or agencies to be heard with respect to the social, economic and environmental aspects of the projects.  Interested persons may submit orally, or in writing, evidence and recommendations with respect to the SEPTA Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Budget and the Fiscal Years 2009-2020 Capital Program.  Persons wishing to file written comments should forward them to the Secretary of the Board, 1234 Market Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.  Comments can also be sent via E-mail to capbudget@septa.org, or by submitting the form below.  Comments must be received by April 7, 2008, so that they may be forwarded to the Hearing Examiner.  Individuals in need of a sign language interpreter, please contact the Secretary of the Board at the address listed above by March 24, 2008.  Speakers for the morning and evening sessions must register by 12:30 P.M. and 5:30 P.M., respectively.

A copy of the proposed SEPTA Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2009-2020 Capital Program, together with descriptions of the projects, will be available for inspection in the Customer Service Office located in the lobby of SEPTA’s Headquarters at 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, beginning March 7, 2008.   An electronic version of the proposed Capital Budget and Program is also available online.  The following libraries have computers with internet access available to the public and the budget proposal can be viewed from SEPTA’s website www.septa.org.

Free Library of Philadelphia:       Central Library – Logan Square  Northeast Regional Branch  Northwest Regional Branch  West Philadelphia Regional Branch	Philadelphia
Bucks County Free Library	Doylestown
Levittown Regional Library	Levittown
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library	Bristol
Chester County Library	Exton
Springfield Township Public Library	Springfield
Media-Upper Providence Free Library	Media
Sellers Memorial Free Library	Upper Darby
Norristown Public Library	Norristown
Ludington Branch:        Lower Merion Library Association	Bryn Mawr
Upper Moreland Free Public Library	Willow Grove

       
    
Audio tape copies of the public hearing notice and summary of the proposed Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2009-2020 Capital Program will be made available for the visually impaired at the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 919 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.

In addition, the federal Section 5307/5340 and Section 5309 Program of Projects will be available at www.septa.org when they are finalized.

For questions regarding the capital budget and program, please call (215) 580-7409.

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