WEBINAR: PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LINKAGES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Date:  February 13, 2013 Time:  1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Project Development and Environmental Review will host a webinar on February 13 from 1 – 2:30 EST to present results of a recent nationwide study to identify best practices for integrating planning and environmental review for projects affecting historic resources.  These best practices include programmatic agreements, historic property databases, statewide management plans for historic bridges, and staff liaison programs with State Historic Preservation Offices.  During this webinar, we will highlight selected case studies and the benefits, challenges, and critical factors for success associated with these case studies.  We will also take questions from webinar participants. The webinar is designed for FHWA, State DOTs, and local transportation organization engineering, planning, environmental, and historic preservation staffs; State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices; private sector transportation, environmental, and historic preservation firms; and state and local historic preservation organizations that partner with transportation agencies.  Webinar presenters will include the SRI Foundation authors of the “Planning and Environmental Linkages for Historic Preservation” study, and State DOT and local transportation agency staff who created and implemented the highlighted case studies. Registration for the webinar is now available here.