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    ​Environmental Justice

    PennDOT envisions a safe, equitable, reliable, and affordable transportation system. Environmental justice (EJ) refers to the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

    The fundamental principles of EJ can be defined as:

    • To avoid, minimize, or mitigate disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects, including social and economic effects, on minority and low-income populations;
    • To ensure the full and fair participation by all potentially affected communities in the transportation decision-making process; and
    • To prevent the denial of, reduction in, or significant delay in the receipt of benefits by minority and low-income populations.

    PennDOT recognizes that the identification of traditionally underserved, low-income, minority, and otherwise vulnerable populations is important because these populations often have specific and unique transportation needs to be considered, planned for, built, and maintained. Underserved populations may be found in urban, suburban, and rural areas.