20100362 Ver 1_Public Notice_20100701 (2)

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PUBLIC NOTICE
US Army Corps
Of Engineers
Wilmington District
Issue Date: July I, 2010
Comment Deadline: July 30, 2010
Corps Action ID 4: 200100919, TIP Project No. U-4007
The Wilmington District; Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application from the North
Carolina Department of Transportation seeking Department of the Army authorization to discharge
dredged or fill material into waters and wetlands adjacent to Deep Gully Creek, Scales Creek, and
its unnamed tributaries, and unnamed tributaries to Mill Creek, and Sandy Run Branch to improve
transportation network of US Highway 17 (N. Marine Blvd.) from the northern terminus of the
Jacksonville Bypass to northeast of Drummer-Kellum Road. ']'lie proposed project is located north
of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina.
Specific inlormation regarding the project is provided below and shown on the attached plans. This
Public Notice and all attached plans are also available on the Wilmington District Web Site at
www.saw.usace.army.m i I/wetlands
Applicant: Gregory J. Thorpe. Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director, [IDEA
NC: Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1598
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The Corps will evaluate this application and a decide whether to issue, conditionally issue, or deny
the proposed Nvork pursuant to applicahle procedures under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1344).
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'fhe proposed project U-4007 involves improvam,-nts to NC Hight ay 17 (N. Adarine :31vd.) from
the northern terminus of the recently completed Jacksonville Bypass (U-2107) north ol'Jacksonvillc
to Drummer-Kellum Road for a distance of aoprOXimatCly 2.9 miles. ']'he project is located rnt the
Whitc Oak R%,,-,r Basin. I ivdrolcpic Unit 0'030001.

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Backgrou.h
An'Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for U-4007
were approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FFIWA) on October 30, 2006 and February
12, 2008 respectively and circulated to the appropriate agencies. The social, economic, and
environmental impacts associated with potential build alternatives for TIP Project No. U-4007 have
been described in the above referenced environmental documents.
The NCDOT/FI-I WA EA and FONSI for TIP Project No. U-4007 are available for review at the
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office ofthc Wilmington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 69
Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina, or at the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch, 4701 Atlantic Avenue,
Suite 116. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Applicant's Stated Purpose
']'he applicants stated purpose ofthe project is to increase safety, provide route continuity and
reduce congestion on US 17 from the Jacksonville Bypass to a logical termini north of Drummer
Kellum Road.
Project Description
The complete U-4007 project involves improvements to NC Highway 17 (N. Marine Blvd.) from
the northern terminus ofthe recently completed Jacksonville Bypass to Drummer-Kellum Road for
a distance of approximately 2.9 miles. The proposed project consists of an expressway option for
US 17 combined with an option to extend the Jacksonville Bypass northwest of its terminus at US
17 (Western Parkway Extension) and an option to add an interchange along the Jacksonville Bypass
(White Street Extension and Interchange). ']'be US 17 Expressway is proposed to begin at the
Jacksonville Bypass and end north-cast of Drummer-Kellum Road at the bridge over Wolf Swamp.
The Expressway includes partial control of access, with three grade separated interchanges on US
17 at the Jacksonville Bypass, Western Blvd. and Piney Grcen!Drunmicr-Kcil(im roads. The
cxn,n. is b:,ir? ,..e? •,v,;it ,,....,..a?..iun of I,:. C,: Eriv? to ,.i,a .
To meet the project purpose and need, the US 17 Expressway would be combined with both of the
following:
White Street Extension and Interchange Optioi (11-4007 Ai. This 01)601-1 would include.
l some nnw location roaciwa••, aj,d an interchange with the Iat ksonvillc Hvpass. 'f?nis option. tvi?eh
o-t .1Id "'list ,v:m ,!; ffc \V- ri : r,oal"-v:nd, "': , ;;ridcd iur a-cam .,r o?+tc•nti>?i
impacts ra 111in0rity and hew- ncunu residau and strong opposi!roo to the previously proposed
interchange at Country Crub Road. White Stn:et would be extended west to Bell Fork Road. (here
are two v.rriatiuns Rrr the easternmost portion of White Strcci. One variation is nr realign White
Street with Huff Drlve on file Cast side of'Xcstern Bunlevard. (The existing .western terminus of
Buff DI ive would be slvr1ed slightly to the north.) Another variation is to connect White Street
with Memorial Drive, wiucl: intersects WC stern Boulevard ,rnross from the main'Cnuancc ill tl-:c
Jacksnnvdle Mall.