HomeMy WebLinkAboutPre-Application Meeting_ TIP# U-5760 Big Mill Farm Rd Widening_Extension_ Kernersville_ Forsyth County_ NC
Wanucha, Dave
From:Sullivan, William <William.Sullivan@kimley-horn.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:09 PM
To:nicholle.m.braspennickx@usace.army.mil; Wanucha, Dave
Cc:Teresa Gresham; jason.hartshorn@kimley-horn.com; Hunt, Rhodes; Reed, Beth; Euliss,
Amy; Blanton, William A; ckjames@ncdot.gov
Subject:\[External\] Pre-Application Meeting: TIP# U-5760 Big Mill Farm Rd
Widening/Extension, Kernersville, Forsyth County, NC
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Nicholle and Dave,
Hope you are well. I am emailing in regard to the proposed Big Mill Farm Road Widening and Extension project (TIP# U-
5760) in Kernersville, Forsyth County, NC. We would like to schedule a pre-application meeting to bring everyone up to
speed on the project history and discuss the proposed impacts in order to streamline the permitting process.
Additionally, if it would help, we could conduct a field visit beforehand to review the project corridor and jurisdictional
features on site. You may be familiar with this project: NCDOT-Division 9 proposes to widen and extend Big Mill Farm
Road and widen Hopkins Road from I-40 Business/US 421 to West Mountain Street with a new partial cloverleaf
interchange at I-40 Business/US 421.
Kimley-Horn staff delineated the project area in January/February 2016 and submitted a Preliminary Jurisdictional
Determination request to John Thomas of the USACE in May 2016. A field review of the project area was held on June
30, 2016 with attendees: John Thomas (USACE), Dave Wanucha (NCDWR), Amy Euliss (NCDOT), Jeff Hemphill (NCDOT),
Beth Reed (Kimley-Horn), and Ross Sullivan (Kimley-Horn). Following the field review, a revised PJD package was
submitted to John Thomas in January 2017 and documentation is pending. This revised package is attached via Citrix
(note that John has not yet provided us with an Action ID).
During the preliminary design of the project, the jurisdictional impacts were anticipated to be within the Nationwide
Permit 14 thresholds and, as a result, the Merger screening agencies (including John Thomas) concluded Merger was
unnecessary for this project. Since this time, necessary design changes have been made which have resulted in an
increase in impacts to the jurisdictional features along the corridor. The increase in impacts would require the project to
apply for an Individual Section 404/401 Permit. At our pre-application meeting, we will summarize the proposed
impacts, the prior minimization measures that have been applied, and discuss other competing resources in the project
corridor.
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We have set up a doodle poll with proposed meeting times, linked here. Please let us know if none of these
dates/times work for you. Tentatively, let’s plan to meet at the NCDOT Division 9 office in Winston Salem (with potential
site visit first). We will provide you with a summary of the previous minimization measures prior to our meeting. If you
need any additional information beforehand or if the attached does not come through, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Willie Sullivan
Kimley-Horn | 421 Fayetteville Street, Suite 600, Raleigh, NC 27601
Direct: 919 677 2113 | Mobile: 919 612 5939 | www.kimley-horn.com
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