Updated traffic impact studies by the six
applicants for Philadelphia's second casino license were released by the
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board this week, providing responses to specific
deficencies in the original reports filed earlier this year.
City officials, along with the engineering firm
that examined the initial traffic studies, Orth-Rodgers Associates, and the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation are now reviewing the updated studies
posted to the gaming control board's
website Wednesday.
The traffic studies mark perhaps the most
substantive update to the applicants' plans for a second city casino ahead of
the much anticipated
suitability hearings now scheduled for Jan. 28-30. Selection of the
winning application is then expected by March or April.
"There may be additional updates but these
provide some more information for the public to see on the traffic impact [for]
each of six applicants," gaming board spokesman Doug Harbach said
Thursday.
"Initial [traffic impact] reviews conducted
by Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc., of Malvern, in collaboration with
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 6-0 and the City
of Philadelphia, had been posted to the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov
in July of this year," the gaming board said in a statement Wednesday.
"The updated reports include responses by each of the applicants on
specific deficiencies in the original reports."
The six applicants are: The Provence
in North Philadelphia by Tower Entertainment, LLC; Casino
Revolution in South Philadelphia by PHL Local Gaming LLC; Live! Hotel
and Casino in South Philadelphia by Stadium Casino LLC; Market 8 in
Center City by Market East Associates; Hollywood
Casino Philadelphia in South Philadelphia by PA Gaming Ventures LLC;
and Wynn
Philadelphia in Fishtown by Wynn PA LLC
Source: Philly.com
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