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MINUTES FROM THE BRIDGING DECISIONS AND ALIGNMENT
REVIEW(CP2A)CONCURRENCE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20,2014
To:Interagency Merger Process Team & Other Meeting Attendees
From:Ted Devens, PE
Date:February 25, 2014
Subject:STIP Number R-2553, KinstonBypass, Lenoir County, North Carolina
A Section 404/NEPA Interagency Merger Process Team (Merger Team) Meeting was held at 10:00
AM,on Thursday, February 20, 2014, in the NCDOT Century Center Complex Hydraulics
Conference Room. Those in attendance are shown on the attached sign-in sheet.
Purpose of Meeting
The purpose of the meeting was to present information to the Merger Team to obtain concurrence on
bridging decisions and alignment review. Other goals of the meeting includedreviewingpreliminary
recommendations for natural systems being crossed by Detailed Study Alternatives (DSAs)and
identifyingwhich sites need to be reviewed during the field visitportionof the CP2A meeting.
Merger Meeting Summary
Tom Steffens (USACE) called the meeting to order and completed introductions. Ted Devens
(NCDOT) then reviewed the purpose of today’s meeting and turned it over to Chris Werner
(URSCorporation).Chris Wernerreviewed a slideshow presentation (see attached slides) that went
over the meeting format, the CP2A approach,and areview of applied filters for crossings with
hydraulic recommendations. Dave Johnson (NCDOT) then provided a detailed overview of the sites
remaining (as listed in Table 4 of the Merger Packet).The following is a summary of the major
discussion points regarding the presentation.
NCDOT evaluated 166 existing or proposed crossingsfor all remaining DSA’s.
Of these, 119 were pipes less than 72” and so the NCDOT recommendation is to simply use
the sized pipe. Then, 32 single and double-barrel box culverts were analyzed, with an
NCDOT proposalto construct or lengthen those structures per the hydraulic minimum
recommendation.
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Dave Johnsoncovered the remaining two triple-barrel culverts and 13 bridges in detail.
Gary Jordan (USFWS)expressedhis concern with regard to the amountof time it took to
download meeting information from the NCDOT FTP site. It was recommended for future
Merger Team meetings, that this issue needs to be resolvedto allow for adequate preparation.
It was suggested, to assist in preparing for the March 4, 2014 field visit, the data available on
the NCDOT FTP site for this meeting will be copied toDVDs and provided to interested
Merger Team members.
ChrisWernerreminded everyonethatthe project has been designated as a GIS pilot project
by the North Carolina Interagency Leadership Team. As a result,GIS data will be used as
the basis for developing alternatives, evaluating alternatives, and selecting the
LEDPA/Preferred Alternative.
There were concerns regarding proposed service road bridges not just spanning the width of
the FEMA floodway,but rather that the NCDOT proposed bridge length matchedadjacent,
parallel existing mainline bridge lengths.It was suggested the life span of the existing
bridges be reviewed to see if any are due for replacing. If so, coordination amongst the
various projects should occur to determine if longer bridges should be implemented for the
multiple projects to eventually allow for increasing the bridge lengths to spanthe floodway
plus a narrow wildlife corridor.
For future Merger Team meetings, itwas suggested alternatives with impacts to wetland
restoration sites and conservation easements be clearly identified within the Merger Packet in
order to draw the Merger Team’s attention to this type of impact.
It wasquestioned when replacement of existing bridges would be evaluated. It was
explained, once the LEDPA/Preferred Alternative has been selectedand preliminary design
commences, more detailed analysis and field work would be performed which will include
the evaluation of existing structures. Given that more design details will be availablethen,
NCDOT is amenable to revisiting CP2A decisionsas part of the normal CP4A avoidance and
minimization. A similarstatement will appear on the CP2A merger concurrence form.It
was questioned if it would be less expensive to extend the proposed minimum hydraulically
required bridge at Crossing 149 in order to avoid the large amount of fill required due to the
existing terrain.Itwas explained that it would be less expensive to fill; however, this
crossing will be visited.
In summary, the Merger Team has decided to visit bridge crossings 121, 139, 149, 167, and
305.Should time allow, the Merger Team decided to visit box culvert crossings 116, 150,
154, 172, 176, 202, and 339.
Ted explained in the upcoming weeks,NCDOT will be coordinating with Lenoir Community
College in order to tweak the functional designs to better accommodate their current/future
plans if possible. As a result, NCDOT is also taking this as an opportunity to review the
functional designs for all DSAs to see if additional tweaks can be made to further improve
the designs and identify additional avoidance and minimization efforts.He also mentioned
that because alignments could be shifted slightly –this is another good reason to re-check of
CP2A decisions at CP4A.
Action Items
NCDOT will provide DVD copies of the data available on the NCDOT FTP site for this
meeting to interested Merger Team members.Additionally, NCDOT will review the
NCDOT FTP site in order to troubleshoot the slow downloadspeedsas reported.

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NCDOT will review bridge replacement projects within the study area and coordinate
amongst the various projects to determine if longer bridges should be implemented for the
multiple projects to allow for increasing the bridge lengths to spanbeyond the floodway.
NCDOT and URS will strategize afield visititinerary and provide details on the time and
location to meet for the field meeting.
Minutes Prepared by Kory Wilmot, URS. If there are any questions or edits, please contact Chris
Werner, URS Project Manager, at [phone] or [e-mail]. Participant
comments or edits onthese draft minutes are welcome until March 24, 2014, at which time final
minutes will be prepared and distributed.

Concurrence Point 2AFebruary 20, 2014
BridgingDecisionsandAlignmentReview
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Concurrence Point 2AFebruary 20, 2014
119 crossings 72”34 box culverts
Existing/Proposed Structure
/single box culvert (18)
/double box culvert (14)
/triple box culvert (2)
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13 bridges
Table4.R2553:PreliminaryHydraulicStructuresTripleBarrelBoxCulvertsandBridges
Existing Bridge (4)
ExistenceofStressors
Wetland
ExistingDetailedStudyHabitatHydraulic
Proposed Bridge (9)
CrossingIDSystemNameAquaticFunctionWidth
RouteAlternativeConnectivityMinimum(Feet)
WetlandFunctions
(Streams)(Feet)
UTtoFalling
1
12US701,1(SB),11,12NoWetlandNotAssessedYesLow
TripleBox12x10
Creek
1,1(SB),12,32,35,
1
48TraceySwampUS70YesYesLow700
TripleBox7x7
52,63
121(N.ServiceRd.)
2
121(WBL)
4FallingCreekUS701,1(SB),11,12NoYesNeutral575
2
121(EBL)
121(S.ServiceRd.)
2
405(WBL)
106ANeuseRiver
2
405(EBL)
US701NoYesNeutral3000
2
315(WBL)
106BUTtoNeuse
2
316(EBL)
2
158(WBL)
2
110SouthwestCreekUS701,1(SB)NoYesLow200
167(EBL)
167(S.ServiceRd.)
119NeuseRiverN/A35,36NoNoHigh45003800
121SouthwestCreekN/A35,36NoNoHigh1300945
139WhitelaceCreekN/A63,65NoWetlandNotAssessedYesLow85
5480(N.Ramp)
5590(WBL)
140NeuseRiverN/A63,65NoNoHigh3800
5760(EBL)
2140(S.Ramp)
11,12,31,32,51,
149SouthwestCreekN/ANoNoHigh9201025
52,63,65
163NeuseRiverN/A11,12,31,32NoNoHigh23003691
167N/ANoYesLow1900390
FallingCreek11,12,31,32,63,65
175N/ANoNoHigh31003480
NeuseRiver51,52
305NeuseRiverN/A1(SB)NoNoHigh82007115
Notes:
1.Existingtriplebarrelboxculvertinplace.Existingstructuresareassumedtobemaintainedandlengthenedasneeded.
2.Existingdualbridgestructuresatcrossinglocations4,106,and110areassumedtobemaintained(andwidenedasneeded)forpurposesofpreliminaryhydraulicanalysisrecommendations.
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Structureconditionandreplacementevaluations,alongwithassociatedchangestominimumhydrauliclengthrecommendation,willberevisitedfollowingfinalLEDPAselection.
3.Newlocationcrossingsconsistofdualbridgestructures,unlessotherwisenoted.Minimumhydrauliclengthrecommendationsfornewcrossingsweresetbasedonfloodwaylimitswhen
applicable,orotherwisesetbasedonaminimum10'offsetfromtopofbank.
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