Environmentally Preferred Build Alternative Identified

As a result of comments received from the public, local community groups and suggestions presented by elected officials, the project team conducted in-depth environmental reviews of several alignments and has identified the A5 South, B4 West and C6 alignments as the environmentally preferred build alternative in the DEIS. The 54-mile corridor was divided into three sections. Click below to view the environmentally preferred build alternative and the other alignments under study in each section.

Detailed maps of the Environmentally Preferred Build Alternative

Pittsburgh International Airport to Downtown Pittsburgh (Section A)

Downtown Pittsburgh to Monroeville (Section B)

Monroeville to Greensburg (Section C)

All Alignments (Sections A, B and C)

Each section was evaluated for impacts to natural resources, social and cultural features, as well as engineering feasibility, operational characteristics and compliance with high-speed maglev regulations.