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Home My WebLink About20110512_Merger Process Documentation_20130131R -2511, January 31" 2013, Concurrence Point 2A Meeting Pagel of 5 CONCURRENCE POINT 2A — BRIDGING DECISIONS US 17, FROM NORTH OF NC 171 TO THE EXISTING MULTI -LANES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSTON BEAUFORT /MARTIN COUNTY WBS ELEMENT NO. 35494.1.1 TIP PROJECT R -2511 January 31St 2013 PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss proposed hydraulic structures, lengths, and alignments. Concurrence on bridge locations and lengths (Concurrence Point 2A) will be requested. PROJECT DESCRIPTION i TIP Project R -2511 has been included in the 2012 -2018 North Carolina State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) as the widening of US 17 to a multi -lane facility from north of NC 171 'to the existing multi -lanes south of Williamston in Beaufort and Martin Counties. The project location is shown on Figure 1. PROJECT PURPOSE The purpose of the proposed project is to alleviate congestion and improve the level of service along US 17, and in doing so, improve safety to the route. PROJECT SCHEDULE /COST A citizens informational workshop for the subject project was held on November 24, 2009 in the Macedonia Christian Church in Bear Grass. Wetland delineations, protected species surveys and historic architecture surveys were recently completed for the project. Concurrence Point 2 (Alternatives to be studied) was reached in February 2011. Right of way acquisition for the project is scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2019 and construction is scheduled to begin in 2022 in the draft 2013 -2023 NCDOT Program and Resource Plan. The cost estimate for the project included in the draft Program and Resource Plan is $71,400,000. Of this total, $16,000,000 is estimated for right of way acquisition, $51,000,000 is estimated for construction and $4,400,000 is estimated for utility relocation. R -251 I; January 315` 2013, Concurrence Point 2A Meeting Page 2 of 5 ALTERNATIVES UNDER CONSIDERATION The project proposes widening US 17 to a four -lane divided roadway throughout the study area. The proposed design speed is 60 mph. Proposed right of way for the project is approximately 220 feet. Partial control of access (one access per parcel) is recommended for the entire length of the project. All intersecting roadways will cross US 17 at- grade. No grade separations or interchanges are proposed. The NEPA/404 merger team concurred on the alternatives to be studied in detail at a merger team meeting held on February 17, 2011: The alternatives studied in detail for each section are listed below: Section 1 - West side widening Section 2 - West side widening Section 3 - East side widening Section 4 - West side widening and avoid hatchery Section 5 — East and West side widening ** Section 6 — East and West side widening ** Section 7 -West side widening Section 8 - East side widening Section 9 — Best Fit *For Section 4, both west side widening for the entire section and west with a shift to avoid Griffin's Hatchery (National Register Eligible) were studied. ** Both east side and west side widening were examined in Sections 5 and 6 in order to determine the "best -fit" alignment. Each alternative is shown on Figure 2, Sheets 1 -12. Table 1 on the following page presents a summary of the impacts and costs of the alternatives. Changes in impacts from the January 2011 Concurrence Point 2 meeting are due to recalculations due to preliminary design. Table 2 presents hydraulic structure requirements for the alternatives. Impacts to wetlands, streams and open water within the project area are shown in Tables 3, and 4. I R -2511, January 3151 2013, Concurrence Point 2A Meeting Page 3 of 5 TABLE 1 DF,TAII.FD STIJDV ALTF,RNATIVES * - US 17 will be widened to the west through Section 7, to the east through Section 6 and a "best -fit" alignment is proposed through Section 9.. �� tiff � ►► ��e�� -�'�S �'e� K t ' �j 0 U 0 Sections 1 -3 4 5 6 7 -9 Varies* B + Avoid East West East West Varies* Residential 10 (3) 9 7) 9 7 0 2 0 2 (0) 2 (0) 8 4 Business 4 1 1) 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 1 (1). elocations Total 14 (3) 10 8) 10 (8) 0 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 9 (5) Relocations Wetlands (Acres) 2.52 0.18 0.18 1.55 1.06 1.09 1.02 0.03 Streams Linear Feet 550 1 140 155 70 215 230 410 Riparian Buffer Impacts 120,970 N/ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (Square Feet Minority /Low- Income Populations No No No No No No No No Disproportionately Impacted? Historic Properties No Effect Adv. Adv. No No No No Adv. (Adverse Effect) Effec Effect Effect Effect Effect Effect Effect Community Facilities 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Impacted Section 4(f) Impacts None 1 None None None None None None Noise Impacts (Impacted 14 5 3 2 0 0 2 7 Properties) Prime Farmland (Acres) 19.9 10 6 11.2 2.4 1 1.9 3.0 3.70 21.8 Forested Areas Impacted 14.4 1 1 2.7 3.8 3.1 2.8 2.5 5.5 Acres Flood lain (Acres) 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Federally- Protected No Effect N No No No No No No Species Ef ct Effect Effect Effect Effect I Effect Effect * - US 17 will be widened to the west through Section 7, to the east through Section 6 and a "best -fit" alignment is proposed through Section 9.. �� tiff � ►► ��e�� -�'�S �'e� K t ' �j 0 U 0 R -2511, January 3151 2013, Concurrence Point 2A Meeting Page 4 of 5 BRIDGING DECISIONS Four sites with major drainage structures exist within the project limits. Table 2 below presents the proposed structures for these crossings. TABLE 2 PROPOSED STRUCTURES Site No. Crossing Existing/Recommended Structure 1 (figure 3) Tributary to Latham Creek Retain and extend existing 1 @ 48" RCP and 1 @ 6'x4' RCBC with 2 @ 60" RCP 2 (figure 4) Gum Swamp /Latham Creek Replace existing 22 foot bridge with 4_a h N 3 @8'x7'RCBC ° S SeL 3 (figure 5) Jacks Swamp Retain and extend existing 1 @ 8'x 3' RCBC 4 (figure 6) Tributary to Smithwick Creek Retain and extend existing 2 @ 8'x 6' RCBC RCP - Reinforced Concrete Pipe. RCBC- Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert. TABLE 3 irrR1Qn1CTrnNAI, WF.TI.ANnS% IN PROJECT AREA Wetland Project Impacts Name/Map ID Wetland Type Section Acres WE Bottomland Hardwood 1 0.06 WXX Bottomland Hardwood 1 0.05 WF Riverine Swamp Forest 2 2.06 WG Hardwood Flat 3 0.29 WY Bottomland Hardwood 3 0.05 WW Bottomland Hardwood 3 0.01 (Best -Fit) 0.18 WV Headwater Forest 4 (Avoid) 0.18 (East) 0.84 WU Headwater Forest 5 West 1.03 (East) 0.74 WC Hardwood Flat 5 & 6 (West) 0.03 (East) 0.69 WB Headwater Forest 6 (West) 0.95 (East) 0.37 WT Headwater Forest 6 (West) 0.07 WA Bottomland Hardwood 9 0.03 R -2511, January 31512013, Concurrence Point 2A Meeting Page 5 of 5 TABLE 4 STREAMS WITHIN THE PROJECT STUDY AREA Site Map DWQ Index Best Usage Project Impacts No. Stream ID Number Classification Section (feet) UT to Gum Swamp SZ 28- 103- 14 -2 -1 CS;SW,NSW 1 165 1 UT to Latham Creek SX 28- 103 -14 -2 CS;SW,NSW 1 185 2 Gum Swamp SW 28- 103- 14 -2 -1 CS;SW,NSW 2 200 UT to Smithwick Creek SE 23 -50 -2 C 4 (Best -Fit) 140 (Avoid) 140 3 Jacks Swamp SV X23 -50 -2 C 5 (East) 155 (West) 70 4 UT to Smithwick Creek SU 23 -50 -2 C 6 (East) 215 (West) 230 UT to Smithwick Creek ST 23 -50 -2 C 9 360 UT to Smithwick Creek SS 23 -50 -2 C 9 50 1 0.5 0 1 2 Miles Y64 END PROJECT PROJECT LIMITS 1119 1521 5 64 N 1500 Grass / 1528 t (\ 17 152 171 1106 152 1516 1527 i Cory's \ / 1105 Crossroads 1106 ry 1533 1535 1560 �d.• 1426- - c Batts ... 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