North Shore/Northside Planning Committee

The North Side/North Shore Planning Committee has successfully brought together major stakeholders to facilitate discussion with community generated from North Shore development projects. The neighborhoods of East Allegheny, Central Northside, Allegheny West, and Manchester are represented on the Committee by residents and businesses who meet regularly with The Department of City Planning, The Urban Redevelopment Authority, The Sports and Exhibition Authority, Port Authority and North Shore Developers.

The Northside Neighborhood Impact Study, Mitigation & Improvement Strategies for Pittsburgh’s Near Northside Neighborhoods, prepared for the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning (7.21.00) by Mary Means & Associates, Inc., provides the basis for committee meetings. As development continues on the North Shore, the Committee addresses recommended strategies from the Study that include: Parking & Traffic Management Plans, Encouragement of Public Transit Use, Underpass Improvement, and Continued Enforcement of Public Safety Regulations.

The North Side/North Shore Planning Committee continues to address the following during 2003:

• Underpass Improvements
  The Sports and Exhibition Authority has completed Federal Street underpass improvements. The Urban Redevelopment Authority, with secured local and federal funding, is preparing for work on the Anderson and Sandusky Street Underpasses to begin early 2004.
  
• North Shore Connector
  The Port Authority continues with the design phase of the light rail transit project that will arrive on the North Shore from downtown via a tunnel under the Allegheny River. There will be two stations serving the North Shore and North Side communities located at Reedsdale Street & Tony Dorsett Drive and at Reedsdale Street & Allegheny Avenue. Should all necessary federal, state, and local funding be secured, construction of the North Shore Connector could begin in 2004.
  
• North Shore Intermodal Transportation Center
  This multi-modal garage situated west of Heinz Field will provide parking for downtown and the North Shore and convenient access to numerous Port Authority bus routes and the T via the North Shore Connector.
  
• North Shore Development
  The Committee has reviewed designs and plans for an amphitheater with the Steelers and an office building for the North Shore with Continental Real Estate. Concerns raised include noise, parking, traffic, and pedestrian friendly spaces.
  

Continued attention to the practical measures to limit negative impacts and maximize positive linkages between the neighborhoods and North Shore development is the primary concern of the North Side/North Shore Planning Committee