Kinston Bypass (5)

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MEETING INFORMATION
Kinston Bypass Project
Lenoir County, North Carolina
STIP Project No. R-2553
Prepared For:
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Prepared By:
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PDEA Scoping Procedures
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Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
Scoping Information Sheet
TIP No.: R-2553
WBS No.: 34460
Federal Aid No: N/A
Division: 2
Sent Date: October 7, 2009
Revision Date:
Meeting Date: October 28, 2009
County: Lenoir
According to the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), the Kinston Bypass
would be a four-lane, median-divided freeway on new location approximately 12.4 miles
long (from US 70 near LaGrange in Lenoir County to US 70 near Dover in Craven
County).
General Proiect Need:
-Capacity deficiencies on existing US 70 Bypass;
-Strategic Highway Corridor
Metropolitan / Rural Planning Organization 1- Eastern Carolina Rural Planning .
Area: Organization (RPO)
2- Down East RPO
NEPA/404 Merg er Candidate?: ® Yes ? No ? Not sure
Feasibility Study Completed?: ? Yes ® No Date
Type of Environmental Documents to be Prepared / Project Schedule:
Dates: Type of Document:
Environmental Document:
Right of Way:
Let:
Post Year
Post Year
State Draft EIS
State Final EIS
State ROD
Air Quality Status: ? Non-attainment ? Maintenance ® Attainment
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Design Criteria:
Length of Project Limits: 12.4 miles
Type of Access Control:
(Existing / Proposed)
Structure Inventory:
Functional
Classification:
NC 903: 45
SR 1389 (Hardy Bridge Rd.): 52
NC 11/NC 55 (King Street): 64
Strategic Highway Corridor
Information:
CTP/Thoroughfare Plan
Designation (Facility. Type):
US 70 from Raleigh to Morehead City is
designated as a Strategic Highway Corridor
Corridor # 46, classified as a freeway).
Freeway
Roadway Typical Existing: Four-lane, median-divided; Seven-lane
Section: undivided
(Existing / Proposed) Proposed: Four-lane, median-divided
Typical Section in Compliance with Conformity Determination:
? Yes
Right of Way:
(Existing / Proposed)
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Fo Control/Full Control
Along Existing US 70 and US 70 Bypass:
Lenoir County: 22, 27, 29 (Functionally Obsolete
(FO)), 54, 56, 57, 60 (Structurally deficient (SD)),
62, 66, 73
Jones County: C5
Along the Neuse River:.
US 70 Bus./ US 258 Bus.: 42, 43 SD (26 and 28
doesn't span Neuse River however are immediately
to the north).
North Carolina Railroad Company/Norfolk Southern
Railroad: swing-span bridge (not reported on
NCDOT bridge maps).
NC 55: 20 FO (34 doesn't span the Neuse River
however is immediately to the east)
I Freeway
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Existing: varies
Proposed: 250 feet (minimum)
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Existing Posted Proposed Design
Speed: 45-55 mph Seed:
Traffic (AADT):
Current Year: (2007) 15,000 to 29,000 vpd
Design Year: 2035 35,000 to 79,200 v pd
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70 mph
% TTST:
% Dual:
% DHV: 10%
Design Standards Applicable: 0 AASHTO = 3R
Railroad Involvement:
There is potential for new location alternatives to cross the North Carolina
Railroad Company/Norfolk Southern Railroad, which runs east-west through
Lenoir, Jones and Craven Counties. There is also potential for northern new
location alternatives to cross the CSX Railroad, which runs somewhat parallel
with NC 11 from downtown Kinston to the northeast. Additionally, STIP Project
U-2928 includes Global TransPark Freight Rail System improvements with right-
of-way being purchased in 2009 and construction to begin in 2010.
Cost Estimate:
TIP Estimate:
Current Estimate:
Construction: Riqht of Wav: Total Cost:
$118,000,000 $9,800,000 $127,800,000
$169,800,000 $9,800,000 $180,678,000
(updated March (includes
2009) $1,078,000 from
Prior Years
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Natural / Human Environmental Information (include
comments from agencies):
Introduction
The Kinston Bypass project is a GIS Pilot project which is a part of the Interagency
Leadership Team initiative to streamline the project development process using GIS
data early on in the alternative development and evaluation process and for making
decisions on the Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA)
using GIS level data. A GIS Scoping meeting was held July 16, 2009, which was the
culmination of six Pre-GIS Scoping meetings with various entities/agencies in order to
identify GIS data layers that would need to be updated for use throughout the, project
development process. GIS data layers are currently being updated by various
entities/agencies and are anticipated to be completed by September 2010.
The project Start of. Study (SOS) Letter was distributed on May 29, 2009, soliciting
comments through August 28, 2009. Comments received have been included in the
preliminary list of known constraints below:
Project Status
-The Draft Community Characteristics Report has been prepared; however, will most
likely not be finalized prior to the scoping meeting. Upon finalization of the
Community Characteristics Report, the Public Involvement Plan will be prepared,
which will discuss press releases, project newsletters, project website, small group
meetings, Citizens Informational Workshops, and Design Public Hearings.
-Crash Data analysis of US 70 and US 70 Bypass will be summarized and presented
at the scoping meeting.
-Capacity analyses are currently underway and will be summarized and presented at
the scoping meeting for the following:
-Existing US 70 and US 70 Bypass for current and future year No-Build
Conditions.
-Existing US 70 and US 70 Bypass for future year (with each of the below
Assumed Build Scenarios in place):
-Extend/improve C.F. Harvey Parkway Bypass
-Northern Bypass
-Southern Bypass (with and without C.F. Harvey Parkway Extension)
-Assumed Proposed Build Scenarios for future year
-Upgrade Existing US 70 and US 70 Bypass
-Extend/improve C.F. Harvey Parkway Bypass
-Northern Bypass
-Southern Bypass (with and without C.F. Harvey Parkway Extension
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County.
-Voluntary Agricultural Districts (VADs) and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Districts
(EVADs) are present within Lenoir, Jones and Craven Counties.
There is potential for a GIS data layer to be updated/created by the CGIA. Should
this layer not be updated by the CGIA, other efforts will be required to identify all
VADs and EVADs to be used in future stages of this project.
-Surface waters exist within the western portion of the Draft Project Study Area,
which are classified as Water Supply Critical Area.
-The project is within the Neuse River Basin and therefore riparian buffer rules are
applicable.
-According to the FONSI for STIP R-2719A, jurisdictional resources exist in the
Draft Project Study Area, west of Kinston.
-Investigation of USGS Quad maps for the Draft Project Study Area resulted
with several major stream systems being identified including the following:
-The Neuse River, which runs west to east through Lenoir County and crosses
US 70 Bypass south of downtown Kinston.
-Bear Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River, runs north to south and crosses
US 70 west of La Grange.
-Falling Creek, a tributary of the.Neuse River, runs west to east and crosses
US 70 west of Kinston.
-Southwest Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River, runs south to north and crosses
US 70, east of Kinston.
-Stonyton Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River, runs west to east and crosses
NC 11 east of Kinston.
-Briery Run, a tributary of Stonyton Creek, runs west to east, north of Kinston.
-Moseley Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River, runs south to north along the
Lenoir-Craven county line.
-Tracey Swamp, a tributary of Moseley Creek, runs south to north and crosses
US 70 near the Lenoir-Craven county line.
Threatened and Endangered Species
-Threatened and Endangered Species listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
website for Lenoir County include the Red-cockaded woodpecker (endangered)
and the Sensitive joint-vetch (threatened). Jones County includes the American
Alligator (threatened due to similarity of appearance) and the Red-cockaded
woodpecker (endangered). Craven County includes the American Alligator
(threatened due to similarity of appearance), the Leatherback sea turtle
(endangered), Red-cockaded woodpecker (endangered), the West Indian manatee
(endangered), the Rough-leaved loosestrife (endangered) and the Sensitive joint-
vetch (threatened).
Traffic Data
-The Traffic Forecast Technical Memorandum prepared in July 2009 shows:
-In 2008, along US 70 between NC 903 and Dover, the daily traffic ranges from
12,000 to 40,000 vehicles, with 20,800 to 29,400 vehicles along US 70 Bypass
between Vernon Avenue and Queen Street.
-In 2020, along US 70 between NC 903 and Dover, the daily traffic ranges from
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24,800 to 55,600 vehicles, with 35,200 to 47,000 vehicles along US 70 Bypass
between Vernon Avenue and Queen Street.
-In 2035, along US 70 between NC 903 and Dover, the daily traffic ranges from
35,000 to 79,200 vehicles, with 46,000 to 60,200 vehicles along US 70 Bypass
between Vernon Avenue and Queen Street.
Adjacent Projects
-Major State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) projects within the Draft
Project Study Area vicinity include the following:
-R-2719 Crescent Road (C.F. Harvey Parkway), a proposed four-lane
divided highway, will bypass the northwest side of Kinston from US 70 to NC 58.
Section B, from US 258 to NC 58 has been completed. Section A, from US 70
to US 258, is currently under construction with an estimated completion date of
late 2012.
-U-2928 Global TransPark Freight Transportation System, with right-of-way
being purchased in 2009 and construction to begin in 2010.
-The following projects are also included in the STIP; however, since the right-of-way
or construction are not currently funded, they are not considered to be in place in .
the foreseeable future. Additionally, given the project vicinity lies within an RPO,
with no fiscally constrained projects identified, these projects will not be considered
in the future year traffic forecast nor the Indirect and. Cumulative Effects analysis.
-R-3308 US 258 from Crescent Road to-US 64 in Tarboro.
-R-3102 NC 58 from Kinston to Wilson.
-R-4423 US 258-NC 191 from Dobbs Farm Road in Kinston to US 264 Alt. with
bypass of Snow Hill.
-U-3618 Carey Road Extension from Rouse Road to US 258 (deferred).
-U-4018 Plaza Boulevard Extension from NC 58 to NC 11.
-U-3341 Global TransPark Spine Road.
-FS-0802A New route proposed US 70 Bypass to NC 11-58.
North Carolina Department of Transportation Strategic Highway Corridor
-US 70 from Raleigh to Morehead City in North Carolina is identified as a
Strategic Highway Corridor.
North Carolina Intrastate System
-US 70 from 1-40 in Wake County to NC 24 in Carteret County is included in the
North Carolina Intrastate System, which states the facility shall "provide high
speed, safe travel service throughout the State." General Statute §136-178 also
states the North Carolina Intrastate System shall:
-Connect major population centers both inside and outside the State and provide
safe, convenient, through travel for motorists.
-Be designed to support statewide growth and development objectives and to
connect to major highways of adjoining states.
-Have at least four travel lanes except those for which projected traffic volumes
and environmental considerations dictate fewer lanes.
-When warranted, have vertical separation or interchanges at crossings, have
more than four travel lanes, or have bypasses.
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The above topics listed are not all inclusive and will be expanded upon as additional
data is collected. The above topics, in addition to the need for and purpose of the
project, project logical termini, and potential alternatives will be discussed in further
detail at the October 28, 2009 Scoping Meeting.
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North Carolina Department of Transportation
Preliminary Estimate
TIP No. R-2553
Route US 70 Kinston Bypass
From
Typical Section New Loc. 4-1,ns, 46'Med., 4'& 10' PS
Prepared By: Doug Lane
Requested By: Mark Pierce
3/16/09 Updated Unit Prices
3/16/09
CONSTR.COST
$169,800,000
Line
Item
Des
Sec No.
Description
Quantity
Unit
Price
Amount
Clearing & Grubbing 239.0 Acres $ 12,000.00 $ 2,868,000.00

Earthwork 2,632,000 CY $ 4.00 $ 10,528,000.00
Undercut Excavation 130,700 CY $ 10.00 $ 1,307,000.00
Soil Stabilization Fabric 130,700 SY $ 3.00 $ 392,100.00
Borrow to Replace Undercut 170,000 CY $ 8.00 '$ 1,360,000.00
Reinforced Bridge Approach Fills 12 Each $ 22,000.00 $ 264,000.00
Drainage 12.4 Miles $ 350,000.00 $ 4,340,000.00

Fine Grading 708,600 SY $ 2.00 $ 15417;200.00
Sub radc Stabilization 578,400 SY $ 5.50 $ ` 3,181,200.00
Pavement
8" ABC 260,100 Tons $ 20.00 $ 5,202,000.00
Asphalt Binder PG 64-22 14,881 Tons $ 430.00 $ 6,398,830.00
4.0" B 25.0 B 120,900 Tons $ 32.00 $ 3,868;800.00
3.5" 119.0 B 107,700 Tons $ 32.00 $ 3,446,400.00
2.5" S 9.5 B 77,000 Tons $ 33.00 $ 2,541,000.00

Erosion Control 257 Acres $ 12,000.00 $ 3,084,000.00
Fencing (Woven Wire) 12.4 Miles $ 35,000.00 $ 434,000.00.

Signing (Interchanges) 5 Each $ 125,000.00 $ 625,000.00
Traffic Control 1 LS $ 270,000.00 $ 270,000.00
Thermo and Markers 12.4 Miles $ 20,000.00 $ 248,000.00

Frontage Roads 2.0 Miles $ 2,000,000.00 $ 4,000,000.00
. Interchange & Grade Se Roadwa
Flyover Interchan a US 70 West I LS $ 7,049,900.00

Grade Separation at SR-1324 1 LS $ 1,492,500.00

Diamond Interchange at NC 11-55 1 LS $ 6,850,400.00

Diamond Interchange at US 258 1 LS $ 6,850,400.00

Diamond Interchange at NC 58 1 LS $ 6,850,400.00

Grade Separation at SR-1904 1 LS $ 1,492,500.00

Flyover Interchange US 70 East 1 LS $ 7,049,900.00
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County: LENOIR
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North Carolina Department of Transportation
Preliminary Estimate
Prepared By: Doug Lane 3/16/09 Updated Unit Prices
Requested By: Mark Pierce 3/16/09
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Item
Des
Sec No.
Description
Quantity
Unit
Price
Amount

Interch Gr.Se .&Stream X-in Strs
Flyover US 70 West 38'x 240' 9,120 SF $ 115.00 $ 1,048,800.00
Bridge Approach Slabs 2 38'x 25' 1,900 SF $ 27.00 $ 51,300.00

Gr. Sep. SR-1324 30'x 180' 5,400 SF $ 105.00 $ 567,000.00
Bridge Approach Slabs 2@30'x 25' 1,500 SF $ 27.00 $ 40,500.00

Duals over Neuse River 2@40'x 400' 32,000 SF $ 100.00 $ 3,200,000.00
Bridge Approach Slabs 4(&40'x 25' 4,000 SF $ 27.00 $ 108,000.00

Diamond at NC 11-55 2 38'x 150' 11,400 SF $ 105.00 $ 1,197,000.00
Brid e Approach Slabs 4@3 8'x 25' 3,800 SF $ 27.00 $ 102,600.00

Diamond at US 258 2 38'x 150' 11,400 SF $ 105.00 $ 1,197,000.00
Bridge A roach Slabs 4 38'x25' 3,800 SF $ 27.00 $ 102;600.00

Diamond at NC 58 2(&,38'x 150'. 11,400 SF $ 105.00 $ 1,197,000.00
Brid e A roach Slabs 4(@,38'x25' 3,800 SF $ 27.00 $ 102,600.00

Gr. Sep. SR-1904 30'x 180' 5,400 SF $ 105.00 $ 567,000.00
Bridge Approach Slabs 2@30'x 25' 1,500 SF $ 27.00 $ 40,500.00

Flyover at US 70 East 38'x 240' 9,120 SF $ 115.00 $ 1,048,800.00
Bridge Approach Slabs 2@,38'x 25' 1,900 SF $ 27.00 $ 51,300.00

Misc. & Mob (15% Structures I LS $ 1,593,470.00
Misc. & Mob (45% Roadway) I LS $ 42,035,000.00
Lgrn = IL.arvu.
Note:
Contract Cost ....::....................
E. & C. (15%) ..........................
Construction Cost ..........................
Pavement Design
2.5" S 9.5 B
3.5" 119.0 B
4.0" B 25.0 BHB
8.0" ABC
Subgrade Stabilization
Utility Construction (Water and Sewer) not included.
.................... $ 147,662,000.00
."" ............... $ 22,138,000.00
.................... $ 169,800,000.00
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