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Home My WebLink About20000105 Ver 1_Complete File_20031229.o 4TT?DS14 EC 2 J-0-e W ArE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Y'SECTION DEPART OF TRANSPORTATION MICHAEL F. EASLEY LYNDO TIPPETT GOVERNOR SECRETARY . December 22, 2003 MEMO TO: File FROM: Charles R. Cox, P.E. L Project Development U iitHead SUBJECT: NC 11/ NC 903 Improvements from NC 24 East of Kenansville to North of Pink Hill, Duplin and Lenoir Counties, Federal Aid No. SR 3707(8), State Project No. 8.1240901, WBS No. 34381.1.1, TIP Project No. R-2204 A meeting was held on December 11, 2003 in the Transportation Building, Room 470. Those in attendance were: John Hennessy DWQ - David Timpy USACE Emily Lawton FHWA Ron Lucas FHWA Debbie Barbour Preconstruction Glenn Mumford Roadway Design Charles Cox PD&EA The meeting was held to determine if the future sections of this project should go through the NEPA/404 Merger process: The project had been divided into 3 sections for funding purposes: Section A is now open to traffic; Sections B and C are scheduled for post-year construction. The EA and FONSI (approved in 1996) addressed all 3 sections. No design work has occurred on Sections B and C since the Public Hearing was. held in 1996. According to the EA.. the studied alternatives had wetland impacts that ranged from 39 to 71 acres (excluding impacts from Section A). The recommended alternative (133, C2) had wetland impacts totaling over 53 acres. David Timpy noted that he was aware of a petition that was sent to NCDOT in 2001 from citizens of Pink Hill. This petition requested that NCDOT study another route that was not included in the EA/FONSL This letter was never responded to. MAILING ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: 919-733-3141 LOCATION: NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - - FAX: 919-733-9794 TRANSPORTATION BUILDING ' PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 1 SOUTH WILMINGTON STREET - 1548 MAIL SERVICE CENTER - WEBSITE. WWW.DOH.DOT.STATE.NC.US RALEIGH NC RALEIGH NC 27699-1548 TIP Project R-2204 Due to the length of time that has lapsed since the FONSI, FHWA and NCDOT agreed that new environmental documentation (likely an EA/FONSI) would be required for Sections B and C once the project is funded. The petition request will be included in the new study. Because of the wetland and stream impacts associated with this project, the group attending this meeting agreed that this project should go through the Merger process. In. addition, Charles will respond to the petition. CRC/cc Cc: Meeting Attendees Roy Shelton, PD&EA Neil Lassiter, P.E., Division 2 Engineer Allen Pope, P.E., Division 3 Engineer Ray McIntyre, P.E., Program Development 2 y M?tEo STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ?fta? DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JAMES B. IiJivT JR. P.O. BOX 25201, RALEIGH, N.C. 27611-5201 GOVERNOR April 14, 2000 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington Regulatory Field Office P. O. Box 1890 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890 ATTN.: Mr. David Timpy NCDOT Coordinator Dear Sir: DAVID MCCOY SECRETARY Subject: Duplin County, NC 11-903 Kenansville Bypass From NC 24 to 1.0 Mile North Of Kenansville, Federal Aid Project SR-3707(8), State Project No. 6.201014, T.I.P. No. R-2204 A. Thank you for your e-mail of April 10, 2000 in which you requested the following: 1. Please find out the credits available at Dowd Dairy. 2. The pros and cons (design, cost, etc) about extending the proposed bridge on the south side to the WLB, as shown on the permit drawings and preliminary plans. 3. What was the rationale used for the current length of bridge on this side ?? 4. Would lengthening the bridge a relatively small amount create insurmountable (by the let date) difficulties ?? 5. I would like to come to agreement on the latest Dowd Dairy debits, particularly with the remaining riverine credits. Our figures show that all the riverine credits have been debited by recent projects. NCWRC has suggested adjusting the mitigation ratio of offset these impacts. Would it be easier and less expensive to increase the bridge length to the WL13, Approximately 90-100 feet ?? • 1 Responses: 1. The followin>; credits are available at Dowd Dairy: Dowd Dairy Mit. Plan Ratios TIP DEBIT TIP DEBIT TIP DEBIT Bladen Co. Cape Fear CP Habitat Acres at Start: Acres Remainin R-2204A R-2238AA R-2562AA/AB Headwater Swam RIV. 13 0 0.6 10.6 Nonriverine Swam Forest 198 175.2 17 5.8 Nonriverine Wet Hardwd. Forest 357 338.1 2.5 16.4 Wetland/Upland Restoration 20 20 Nonriverine Atlantic White Cedar 70 70 TOTAL 658 603.3 2. The construction costs associated with extending the bridge would be approximately $620,000.00. In addition a revised hydraulics report would be needed and additional borings at the new end bent locations. 3. As noted in a memo from Tom Shearin to Len Hill dated 8/10/98, Roadway Design requested that the bridge over Grove Swamp be redesigned to span the wetlands as a means to minimize the impacts to the adjacent swamp forest wetlands. The rationale for the placement of the southern end of the bridge was as follows: We did not want to extend the bridge any farther south because we wanted to keep the bridge out of the curve in the roadway. If we had extended the bridge to span the entire wetlands we would have had part of the bridge in the curve and part of it in a straight section of roadway. This would have caused construction problems and safety problems. The portion of the bridge in the curve would have all of the bridge deck sloped to one side of the road. The portion of the bridge that was in the straight section would have half of the bridge deck sloped to one side of the road and the other half sloped to the other side of the road. The problem occurs when the curved portion of the bridge meets the straight section. It is very difficult to construct a smooth transition of the bridge deck from being sloped all to one side of the bridge to being sloped to both sides of the bridge. It has been our experience on other projects that have been built this way that you usually end up with pockets of standing water and have hydroplaning problems that result in accidents. Therefore, it was decided that it would be better to end the bridge at the end of the straight section of roadway rather than extend it another 164 feet, which could end up being a safety hazard for the traveling public. 4. The redesign of the bridge would cause a delay in the let date of approximately one year. 5. We would be able to adjust the mitigation ratios and will offer a 4:1 ratio thus offering 17 acres (rounded up from 16.96) of swamp forest restoration from Dowd Dairy Farm Mitigation Site. by . r We have calculated the impacts on the high quality wetlands at the south end of the bridge and compared these impacts to those described in the permit application. This information is presented in Table 1. Table 1. Impact on High Quality Riparian Wetlands (acres) IMPACT (acres) STATION 16+80* STATION 16+30 Fill in HQ wetlands 0.74 0.15 Fill & exc. in non HQ Wetlands 2.77 2.77 Mechanized Clearing in HQ 0.32 0.07 Mechanized Clearing in non H 0.41 0.41 Total Wetland Impact 4.24* 3.40 Mitigate at Ratio 2:1 8.48* 6.8 Mitigate at Ratio 4:1 17.00 13.6 *Proposed in permit application. If we move the bridge end south so that it would span the wetlands starting at station 16+40 -L-, then we would save 0.59 ac. of fill in wetlands and 0.25 ac. of clearing in wetlands. This would make the new beginning of bridge station 16+30 -L-. This would lengthen the bridge 164 feet. We would still have wetland impacts from station 15+40 -L- to station 16+40 -L-. The total of these impacts would be 0.15 ac. of fill in wetlands and 0.07 ac. of clearing in wetlands. If you have any questions or need additional information please call Ms. Alice N. Gordon at (919) 733-1162. Sincerely, ivf c - ?? & .? William D. Gilmore, P.E., Manager Project Development & Environmental Analysis Branch cc: w/attachment Mr. David Franklin, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington Field Office Mr. Garland Pardue, USFWS, Raleigh Mr. John Dorney, NCDENR, Division of Water Quality Ms. Deborah Barbour, P.E., Highway Design Branch Mr. A. L. Hankins, P.E., Hydraulics Unit Mr. Timothy V. Rountree, P.E., Structure Design Unit Mr. John Alford, P.E., Roadway Design Unit Mr. D. J. Bowers, Jr., P.E., Division 3 Engineer