22/Tomorrow is the successor to 22/Renew, which was Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) successful reconstruction of sections of U.S. Route 22, completed in November 1999. 22/Tomorrow will plan and design traffic solutions for the year 2020. Funds have been budgeted to determine needs, study alternatives, evaluate environmental implications, and do preliminary design for measures that will provide congestion relief and improve safety in the future. The U.S. Route 22 Needs Report is complete. This follow-up report documents the study scenarios and identifies potentially impacted environmental resources.

Click on the links below to access the various sections of this report.

• Cover Page/Table of Contents/Acknowledgements/Executive Summary
• Pages 1-2 - Background, Map 1 (Route 22 Study Corridor Limits)
• Pages 3-7 - Map 2 (Route 22 Study Area Boundary), Scenario Development process
• Page 8 - Table 1 (The Concept of Level of Service)
• Page 9-10 - Table 2 (Project Needs & Evaluation Criteria), Table 3 (U.S. Route 22 Corridor Planning Study - Scenario Descriptions)
• Page 11 - Map 3 (General Land Use Plan)
• Pages 12-13 - Scenario 003 (Transpiration Improvement Program (TIP) Base (No-Build) Scenario)
• Pages 14-17 - Scenario A01 (Widen U.S. Route 22 to 8 Lanes and Interchange Improvements)
• Pages 18-21 - Scenario A02 (Optimize Widening of U.S. Route 22 from Cedar Crest Blvd. to Route 33 to 6 and 8 Lanes and Interchange Improvements)
• Pages 22-25 - Scenario A03 (Optimize Widening of U.S. Route 22 from I-78/U.S. Route 22 to Route 33 to 6 and 8 Lanes and Interchange Improvements)
• Pages 26-29 - Scenario A10 (Widen U.S. Route 22 to 6 Lanes and Interchange Improvements)
• Pages 30-33 - Scenario A12 (Widen U.S. Route 22 to 6 Lanes, Interchange Improvements and Remove Interchange at U.S. Route 22 and Fullerton Ave.)
• Pages 34-37 - Scenario A15 (Interchange Improvements from I-78/U.S. Route 22 to State Route 33)
• Pages 38-41 - Scenario B01 (Northern Bypass)
• Pages 42-45 - Scenario B02 (In-Town Bypass)
• Pages 46-49 - Scenario C01 (Widen I-78 to 6 Lanes)
• Pages 50-53 - Scenario D01 (Light Rail, Feeder Bus Routes, and Increase Frequency of Existing Bus Service)
• Pages 54-57 - Scenario D08 (Express Bus Service and Increase Frequency of Existing Bus Service)
• Pages 58-61 - Scenario E02 (Travel Demand Management (TDM) Incentives)
• Pages 62-65 - Scenario F02 (Widen U.S. Route 22 to 6 Lanes and Interchange Improvements, Widen I-78 to 6 Lanes and Interchange at I-78/PA 378 & Widen S. 4th Street)
• Pages 66-69 - Scenario F05 (Interchange Improvements on U.S. Route 22; Widen S. 4th Street and Extend American Parkway to PA 378; Widen Cedar Crest Blvd., Airport Road, Route 512, Route 191; Build In-Town Bypass and Add Interchange at I-78/PA 378)
• Pages 70-73 - Scenario F08 (Non-Road Construction Combination Improvements: Travel Demand Management, Modified Land Use and Light Rail Transit)
• Pages 74-80 - Environmental Overview, Table 4 (Potentially Impacted Environmental Resources)
• Pages 81-82 - Map 4 (Existing Land Use)
• Pages 83-84 - Map 5 (Floodplains and Wetlands)
• Pages 85-86 - Map 6 (Lehigh and Northampton County Municipal Zoning)
• Pages 87-88 - Map 7 (Historic Sites and Parks)
• Pages 89-90 - Conclusions and Recommendations, Table 5 (Evaluation of Project Needs by Scenario for the year 2020)
• Pages 91-92 - Chart 1 (U.S. Route 22 Comparison of Level of Service by Scenario)
• Pages A1-A4 - Appendix A pages 1-4
• Pages A5-A6 - Appendix A pages 5-6
• Pages B1-B4 - Appendix B