R-2577AB CP2 Meeting Minutes_08-22-2013

PAT MCCRORY
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
August 28, 2013
ANTHONY J. TATA
SECRETARY
MEMORANDUM TO: John Thomas, US Army Corps of Engineers
Christopher Militshcher, US Environmental Protection Agency
Marella Buncick, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Amy Euliss, NCDENR -DWR
Marla Chambers, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Renee Gledhill- Earley, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources — HPO
Gregory Errett, Winston -Salem Forsyth MPO
Andy Williams, US Army Corps of Engineers
Gary Jordan, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Tyler Meyer, Greensboro MPO
FROM: Karen S. Reynolds
Project Development and Environmental Anal, s Branch
SUBJECT: R- 2577ABC: US 158 (Reidsville Road) Improvements, from multi -lanes
north of I -40 Business in Forsyth County to US 220 in Guilford County,
WBS No. 37405, Highway Divisions 9 & 7, Forsyth & Guilford Counties
Concurrence Point 2 Meeting Minutes for Sections A & B
A Section 404 / NEPA Merger Process Team Meeting was held on August 22, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. in the
Structure Design Conference Room of the Century Center Building A, in Raleigh. Packets containing the
meeting agenda & impacts tables, vicinity map, watershed map, Strategic Highway Corridor Map, North
Carolina Intrastate System Map, traffic forecast and project study corridors mapping were electronically
mailed to the Merger Process Team members, prior to the meeting. The following attended:
John Thomas - US Army Corps of Engineers
Amy Euliss — NCDENR DWR
Marla Chambers - NC Wildlife Resources Comm.
Gregory Errett — Winston -Salem Forsyth MPO
Keith Raulston - Division 9 Construction Engineer
Diane Hampton - Division 9 Planning Engineer
Anthony Houser— NCDOT Roadway Design Unit
Lee Moore — NCDOT Roadway Design Unit
Paul Schreoeder — Transportation Planning Branch
Mark Staley — NCDOT Roadside Env Unit
Steve McKee — NCDOT Utilities Unit
The following attended this meeting remotely:
Chris Militscher — US EPA
Marella Buncick — US Fish and Wildlife Service
MAILING ADDRESS:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1548 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699 -1548
Jamshid Hafshejani — NCDOT Utilities Unit
Matt Lauffer — NCDOT Hydraulics Unit
Amy Simes — NCDENR Liaison for Transportation
Andre Davenport— NCDOT Structure Design Unit
Tristen Ford — PDEA Community Studies Section
Rachelle Beauregard — PDEA Natural Environment Unit
Greg Price — PDEA Natural Environment Unit
Eric Midkiff— PDEA Project Development Section
Ted Walls — PDEA Project Development Section
Robert Deaton -- PDEA Project Development Section
Karen Reynolds — PDEA Project Development Section
TELEPHONE: 919 - 707 -6000
FAX: [phone]
WEBSITE: NCDOT GOV
LOCATION:
CENTURY CENTER, BUILDING A
1000 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE
RALEIGH NC 27610

R- 2577AB: August 22, 2013 - Concmrenee Point 2 Meeting
August 28, 2013
Meeting Purpose
The purpose of this meeting was the presentation of relevant, segmented environmental impacts tabulations to
the R -2577 Merger Process Team, in order to reach concurrence on Point 2, Design Options for Further Study,
in Sections A and B. Large - scale, corridor constraints aerial mapping and representative project photographs
were displayed during the R- 2577AB Merger Team Meeting discussion.
Project Description
R -2577A will widen US 158 (Reidsville Road) to a multi -lane facility, from existing multi -lanes north of
I -40 Business -US 421 -NC 150 in Forsyth County to SR 1965 (Belews Creek Road), in Forsyth County.
R- 2577B, will widen US 158 to a multi -lane facility from SR 1965 (Belews Creek Road) in Forsyth County, to
north of SR 2034 (Anthony Road), in Guilford County. R- 2577C, will widen US 158 to a multi -lane facility
from north of SR 2034 (Anthony Road) in Guilford County, to the junction with US 220 in Guilford County.
Right -of -way acquisition and construction for all three sections of R- 2577ABC will occur, independently. The
total project length is 18.8 miles. Concurrence for CP2 in Section C occurred on February 17, 2009.
Current Project Schedule
State Environmental Assessment:
State FONSI (if appropriate)
R -2577A Right of Way Acquisition:
R -2577A Construction:
R -2577B Right of Way Acquisition:
R -2577B Construction:
R-25 77C Right of Way Acquisition:
R -2577C Construction:
February 2015
October 2016
FY 2018
Post Year
Post Year
Post Year
Post Year
Post Year
Concurrence on Point 2: R -2577 Section A- Walkertown & Section B- Belews Creek
The Merger Process Team concurred on Point 2, Design Options for Detailed Study in R -2577 Sections A & B.
These decisions were based on the expected project environmental impacts to local project resources, tallied
from functional roadway designs, in segments of Section A & Section B, along US 158 (Reidsville Road). For
the environmental, impact alternative decisions rendered in this meeting, R -2577A was divided into three study
segments, with one alternative study - segment overlapping Section B. R -2577B contained the remaining four
alternative, study - segments. The R- 2577ABC environmental documents and environmental permits will
include all three project sections. This meeting was the continuation of the CP2 Merger Team Meeting held on
December 12, 2012. During that meeting, the merger team requested that Sections A & B be divided into
smaller segments for the examination of potential, environmental impacts, and that further meeting discussion
be postponed until after the project historic effects meeting was held, regarding three potential historic
properties. The R- 2577ABC historic effects meeting, was held on July 9, 2013, resulting in one of the two
potential historic properties in Section A being declared historically ineligible.
Both northern and southern widening alternatives of US 158 (Reidsville Road) will be studied for Segment 1,
in R- 2577 - Section A. Segment 1 begins west of SR 2357 (Old Greensboro Road) and ends at the intersection
of SR 2385 (Darrow Road). This action is necessary, due to studying an avoidance alternative for the
Edgewood Baptist Church historic property, at the intersection of US 158 and Churchland Drive.
Northern and transitional widening alternatives of US 158 will be studied for Segment 2, in R- 2577- Section A.
Segment 2 begins at the intersection of SR 2385 (Darrow Road) and ends at the intersection of NC 66 (Old
Hollow Road). This action is necessary, due to studying an avoidance alternative for the Bel -Air Drive -in
historic property, located west of at the intersection of US 158 and NC 66. The transitional, study - alternative
for Segment 2, transitions between northern and southern widening designs along US 158, within its limits.

R- 2577AB: August 22, 2013 - Concurrence Point 2 Meeting
August 28, 2013
Both northern and southern widening alternatives of US 158 (Reidsville Road) will be studied for Segment 3,
in R- 2577- Sections A & B. Segment 3 begins at the intersection of NC 66 and ends west of SR 2011 (Flat
Rock Road). This action is necessary, due to the northern study alternative impacting almost twice the linear
feet of streams as does the southern study- alternative, while requiring five fewer residential relocations, no
business relocations, less wetland impacts and no pond impacts.
A transitional widening alternative of US 158 will be studied for Segment 4, in R- 2577- Section B. Segment 4
begins at the intersection of SR 2011 (Flat Rock Road) and ends at the intersection of SR 1971 (Goodwill
Church Road). The transitional, study - alternative for Segment 4, transitions between northern and southern
widening designs, along US 158 within its limits. Fewer relocations were required in this the transitional,
study - alternative, than in the northern or southern widening, study - alternatives.
A transitional widening alternative of US 158 will be studied for Segment 5, in R- 2577 - Section B. Segment 5
begins at the intersection of SR 1971 (Goodwill Church Road) and ends at the intersection of Peaceful Valley
Drive. The transitional, study - alternative for Segment, transitions between northern and southern widening
designs, along US 158 within its limits. No relocations were required in this study - alternative.
A transitional widening alternative of US 158 will be studied for Segment 6, in R- 2577- Section B. Segment 6
begins at the intersection of Peaceful Valley Drive and ends at the intersection of SR 2038 (Coldwater Road).
The transitional, study- alternative for Segment 6, transitions between northern and southern widening designs,
along US 158 within its limits. No relocations were required in this study- alternative.
A northern widening alternative of US 158 will be studied for Segment 7, in R- 2577- Section B. Segment 7
begins at the intersection of SR 2038 (Coldwater Road) and ends at the intersection of SR 2034 (Anthony
Road). This study - alternative was favored in Segment 7, due to the lesser anticipated number of residential
relocations, since neither the northern or southern study - alternatives impacted any project streams or wetlands.
Other Items Discussed
The R -2577 Merger Process Team will next meet in the project vicinity in 2014, regarding Concurrence Point
2A — Bridging Design Options for Sections A, B & C.
Thank you, for your participation in this R- 2577ABC Merger Process Team Meeting. These meeting minutes
summarize the topics discussed.

R- 2577AB: August 22, 2013 - Concurrence Point 2 Meeting
August 28, 2013
Attachment: Section 404/NEPA Merger Process Concurrence Agreement for CP2, in R -2577 Sections A & B
cc: Andy Williams, US Army Corps of Engineers
Gary Jordan, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Pat Ivey, P.E. — NCDOT Highway Division 9
Keith E. Raulston, P.E. — NCDOT Highway Division 9
Rodney Hatton — NCDOT Highway Division 9
Kent Boyer — NCDOT Highway Division 9
Lois Little — Area Negotiations Office (Divisions 7, 9 & 10)
Mike Mills, P.E. — NCDOT Highway Division 7
Patty Eason, P.E. — NCDOT Highway Division 7
Heather Fulghum — NCDOT Highway Division 7
Anthony Houser, P.E. — NCDOT Roadway Design Unit
Lee Moore — NCDOT Roadway Design Unit
Charles Hunt, P.E. — NCDOT Structures Management Unit
Andre Davenport, P.E. — NCDOT Structures Management Unit
Jay Twisdale, Jr., P.E. — NCDOT Hydraulics Unit
Matt Lauffer, P.E., - NCDOT Hydraulics Unit
John Pilipchuk, L.G., P.E — NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
Cyrus Parker, L.G., P.E. —NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
Stuart Bourne, P.E. —NCDOT Traffic Management Unit
Domit Ishak — NCDOT Congestion Management Section
Joseph Ishak, P.E. — NCDOT Work Zone Traffic Control Section
Phil Harris, P.E. — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, NEU
Rachelle Beauregard — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, NEU
Greg Price — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, NEU
Drew Joyner — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, HEU
Harrison Marshall — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, HEU
Tristan Ford — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, HEU
Mary Pope Furr — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, HEU
Matt Wilkerson — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis, HEU
Eric Midkiff, P.E. — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis
Ted Walls — NCDOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis

F111IN 15;
US 158 Improvements: NCDOT Highway Divisions 9 & 7, Forsyth & Guilford Counties
NCDOT TIP Project No,: 11-2517A & B, WB8 No. 37405
The Merger Process Team met on August 22, 2013, and eoaacurs with resign Option(s)
for Further Study of the proposed Improvements to US 15$ (Reidsville Road) in the Wcal%ertown and the
Belews Creek areas of Forsyth and GWIford Co +anti,�-