SAVE THE DATE/WEBINAR: Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL) Handbook and PEL Flowcharts Webinar

FHWA is hosting an upcoming webinar showcasing the new Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL) Handbook and PEL Flowcharts. This webinar is open to everyone.

BACKGROUND: On January 17, 2024, FHWA published the new PEL Handbookand three PEL Flowcharts "Authorities, Purpose and Needs, and Alternatives"on the FHWA Environmental Review Toolkit website. PEL represents a collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision-making that considers benefits and impacts of proposed transportation system improvements to the environment, community, and economy during the transportation planning process to inform the environmental review process. The PEL handbook and flowcharts provide practitioners with guidance that support implementing PEL approaches.

This webinar will showcase the contents of the PEL Handbook, walk through the PEL Flowcharts and how to implement the PEL authorities, describe how planning information and decisions made during planning can have utility in the environmental review process, and provide an opportunity for questions and discussions on these newly available materials.

WEBINAR LOGISTICS:

• Host: Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
• Date and Time: Wednesday, April 24th from 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET
• How to Join: Please register for this webinar here.
  
  • Registration is required to join this event.

The FHWA is committed to providing equal access to these webinars for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please contact Allison Caloggero at [email protected]with your request by close of business on April 16th. For questions about the webinar, these new resources, or about PEL approaches, please contact Marisel Lopez-Cruz at [email protected]or Mack Frost at [email protected].