20211834 Ver 1_RE_ Sheek Street Upgrade - NCWRC comments_20220110

Wanucha, Dave
From:Euliss, Amy
Sent:Monday, January 10, 2022 10:16 AM
To:Leslie, Andrea J; Amschler, Crystal C CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); Wanucha, Dave
Cc:Williams, Andrew E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
Subject:RE: Sheek Street Upgrade - NCWRC comments
Thanks Andrea. We work with Andy Williams for DOT in Division 9. I’ve cc’d him on the response.

To address your comment, we recognize the angle of the stream is not ideal. To address concerns with long term
stability, we have sloped the existing banks, shifted the pipe alignment slightly, and armored with rip rap. We also will
have a culvert with notched sills for low flow and will construct small floodplain benches to help reduce pressure on the
banks. We believe that with the measures detailed above, the proposed project will improve existing conditions
present at the site. Extending the pipe or relocating the stream would result in greater stream impacts, mitigation costs
and additional right of way acquisition.

Thanks,

Amy

From: Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 10:05 AM
To: Amschler, Crystal C CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; Wanucha, Dave
<[e-mail]>
Cc: Euliss, Amy <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sheek Street Upgrade - NCWRC comments

Hi Crystal and Dave,

NCWRC staff have reviewed the PCN for the Sheek Street Upgrades project, which proposes to permanently
impact 35 ft of stream for culvert replacement, riprap bank stabilization, and riprap in the stream channel, as
well as temporarily impact 6’ of stream for dewatering on an unnamed tributary to Leonard Creek in Davie
County. This project will upgrade an existing gravel road to a two-lane paved road. The proposed road
alignment would cross the stream at an angle that necessitates an almost 90 degree bend in the stream in order
to direct it through the culvert. We are concerned about the long-term stability of this alignment and
recommend that the design be re-evaluated to allow a stream crossing that does not necessitate this severe
stream bend.

Andrea

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Andrea Leslie
Mountain Habitat Conservation Coordinator
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
645 Fish Hatchery Rd., Building B
Marion, NC 28752
828-400-4223 (cell)
www.ncwildlife.org
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