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CH. 12 REFERENCES
12.1 REFERENCES

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Policy on Design Standards- Interstate System January 2005
Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 2004
http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/historic_cultural
Amtrak
www.amtrak.com
Anderson, David G., and Michael K. Faught
The Distribution of Fluted Paleoindian Projectile Points: Update 1998
Archaeology of Eastern North America 26:163-187
Belmont Optimist Club
Telephone interview, Mr. Craig Queen, November 18, 2008
Bishir, Catherine W. and Michael T. Southern.
A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina, 2003. University of North
Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Brengle, Kim W.
The Architectural Heritage of Gaston County, North Carolina, 1982. Commercial Printers,
Inc., Gastonia
Carolina Speedway
www.carolinaspeedway.net/trackinfo.php
Carolina Thread Trail
www.carolinathreadtrail.org
Carpenter, P. Albert, III
Gold in North Carolina, 1993. Information Circular 29, Department of Environment, Health,
and Natural Resources, North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh
Catawba Lands Conservancy
www.catawbalands.org
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation
Telephone interview, Catawba Covekeeper CD Collins, September 4, 2008

Chapter 12 lists the various references and supporting documentation cited throughout the Draft EIS. 

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Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)
2030 Transit Corridor System Plan, November 2006
www.charmeck.org/Departments/CATS
Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
2007 Annual Report to the Community
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Airport
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Airport/Runway+Road+Relocations.htm
City of Belmont
City of Belmont Comprehensive Land Use Plan, August 2007
www.cityofbelmont.org/department-watertreatment.aspx
www.cityofbelmont.org/webroot/departments/show/7)
City of Bessemer City
Interview, Planning Director, July 12, 2007
Interview, Planning Director, October 2, 2008
Land Use Plan, 1995
City of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
2015 Plan: Planning for Our Future, November 1997
Telephone interview, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission Staff, July 30, 2007
Dixie Berryhill Strategic Plan, April 2004
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Planning/Area+Planning/Plans/Dixie+Berryhill.htm
Southwest District Future Land Use Map, 2007
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Planning/Area%20Planning/Plans/home.htm
www.charmeck.org/Departments/LUESA/Air+Quality/Permitting+Regulations/Regulations.h
tm
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Park+and+Rec/Inside+The+Department/Divisions/Park+Pl
anning/Berewick.htm
www.charmeck.org/departments/stormwater/flood+zone/what+are+floodplain+maps+used+fo
r%3.htm
www.charmeck.org/departments/transportation/roads/home.htm
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Utilities/Divisions/supplyandtreat.htm
www.charmeck.org/fastlanes
City of Cramerton
Unified Land Development Code, 2002, http://www.cramerton.org/
City of Gastonia
City Vision 2010: Gastonia’s Comprehensive Plan, July 1995
Gastonia Rapid Transit Alternatives Study: Corridor and Modal Options, December 2005
Resource Guidebook for Residential and Commercial Development, August 2007

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Telephone interview, Planning Director, July 12, 2007
Telephone interview, Planning Director, October 8, 2008
www.cityofgastonia.com/city_serv/general/transit/transit.cfm
www.cityofgastonia.com/city_serv/pwu/utilities/treatment/treatment.cfm
Clay, James W., and Douglas M. Orr, Jr.
Metrolina Atlas, 1983. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Cope, Robert F. and Manly W. Wellman
The County History of Gaston: Two Centuries of a North Carolina Region, 1961. Gaston
Historical Society
Council on Environmental Quality
Considering Cumulative Effects Under NEPA, 1997
Forty Most-Asked Questions Regarding CEQ’s NEPA Regulations, Web site:
www.nepa.gov/nepa/regs/40/40P1.htm
Cowardin, Lewis M., Virginia Carter, Francis C. Golet, and Edward T. LaRoe
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States, 1979
Crowders Mountain State Park
Telephone interview, Larry Hyde, Superintendent, April 11, 2008
www.ncparks.gov
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Annual Report, 2006. www.dsbg.org
Letter from Executive Director, May 19, 2003
Telephone interview, Mike Bush, Executive Director, November 13, 2001
Telephone interview, Human Resources, April 22, 2008
www.dsbg.org/visitdsbg_masterplan.php
Delcourt, Hazel, and Paul Delcourt
Quaternary Palynology and Vegetational History of the Southeastern United States, 1985.
Pollen Records of Late-Quaternary North American Sediments, edited by V. M. Bryant, Jr.,
and R. G. Holloway
Vegetation Maps for Eastern North America: 40,000 YR B.P. to the Present, 1981, Geobotany
II
Dubois v. US Department of Agriculture, 102 F.3d 1273, 1286 (1st Circuit 1996)
Duke Energy Corporation
www.duke-energy.com
www.duke-energy.com/lakes/facts-and-maps/lakes-wylie.asp
Federal Emergency Management Administration
www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/floodplain/nfipkeywords/lomr.shtm

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/gen-info/reg-ent.asp
Federal Highway Administration
23 CFR 772 - Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise
Air Quality Guidelines for Environmental Documents, NC Division, August 2007
Air Quality Planning for Transportation Officials, 2008, Web site:
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/aqplan/index.htm
Final Environmental Impact Statement and Department of Transportation Act Section
303(C) Statement for Master Plan Development and FAR Part 150 Noise Compatibility Plan
Update, November 1999
Guidance on Invasive Species: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/inv_guid.htm
Guidance for Preparing and Processing Environmental and Section 4(f) Documents
A Guide for HOT Lane Development:
www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS/REPTS_TE/13668.html
Guidelines for Implementing the Final Rule of the Farmland Protection Policy Act for
Highway Projects, May 1989
Highway Traffic Noise Analysis and Abatement: Policy and Guidance, June 1995
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/tolling_pricing/index.htm
Interim Guidance on Air Toxic Analysis in NEPA Documents, February 2006
Policy on Design Standards – Interstate System, January 2005
Technical Advisory T66430.8.A, October 1987
Traffic Noise Model Version 2.5 and User’s Guide
www.fhwa.gov/environment/airtoxic/vmtmsat2020.htm
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/conformity/con_broc.htm
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ejustice/dot_ord.htm
www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/guidedeminimis.htm
www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/factsheets/conformity.htm
Fetters, Thomas T. and Peter W. Swanson, Jr.
Piedmont and Northern: The Great Electric System of the South, 1974
Funk, Linda
Reed Gold Mine, 1979. Division of Archives and History
Gaston County
Gaston County Hazard Mitigation Plan, Appendix E – Government Profiles, December 2004
Gaston County Stormwater Ordinance, Adopted April 2007
www.co.gaston.nc.us/ordinances/VADordinance2004-07-22.pdf
www.co.gaston.nc.us/planning/maps/firms/firm.htm
www.co.gaston.nc.us/planning/UDO/adoptedUDO/adoptedUDO.htm

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Gaston County Economic Development Commission
www.gaston.org
Gaston County Planning Department
Gaston County Comprehensive Plan, July 2002 (Adopted November 2002)
www.co.gaston.nc.us/CompPlan/ComprehensivePlan.htm
Gaston County Unified Development Ordinance, Adopted April 24, 2008, Effective July 1,
2008
Gaston County Schools
Telephone interview, Physical Facilities Director, April 11, 2008
Gaston County YMCA
www.gastonymca.org/karyae
Gaston Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
2009–2015 Transportation Improvement Program, May 2008
2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan, May 24, 2005
Girl Scouts of the Pioneer Council
www.girlscoutspc.org/camp/camp_rotary/index.pho
Glass, Brent D.
The Textile Industry in North Carolina, A History, 1992
Griffin, James B.
Eastern North American Archaeology: A Summary, 1967, Science 156:175-191
Griffin, Sally
Gaston Remembers: Weaving a Tapestry in Time, 1994
Hanchett, Thomas W.
The Rosenwald Schools and Black Education in North Carolina, October 1988
Hobbs, Samuel Huntington, Jr.
Gaston County: Economic and Social, 1920
Hudson, Charles, Marvin T. Smith, and Chester B. DePratter
The Hernando De Soto Expedition: From Apalachee to Chiaha, 1984 (Southeastern
Archaeology 3(1))
Invasive.org
Invasive Plants of the Thirteen Southern States, May 2004,
www.invasive.org/seweedsframe.cfm?sort=0
Justice, Noel D.
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States, 1987
Lawrimore Communications, Inc and the Corporation for Enterprise Development
Cleveland-Gaston Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, July 2003 (pg. 19)

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Lefler, Hugh Talmadge, and Newsome, Albert Ray.
North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, 1954
May, J. Alan
An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Proposed Misty Waters Residential Development,
Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, 2001
McReynolds, Theresa
Spatial and Temporal Patterning in the Distribution of North Carolina Projectile Points,
2005. North Carolina Archaeology 54
Mecklenburg County
2008-2010 Strategic Business Plan, 2008
2015 Plan: Planning for Our Future, November 1997
Mecklenburg County Air Pollution Control Ordinance, December 2007
Protecting Our Lake Watersheds, Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental
Services Agency, January 2004
State of the Environment Report, Prepared by the Land Use and Environmental Services
Agency (LUESA) – Department of Air Quality, 2008
Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization
2004 Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization Thoroughfare Plan, November
2004
2009–2015 Transportation Improvement Program, May 2008
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan, Amended September 2005
2035 Long Range Transportation Plan Update
Miller, James H.
Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forest: A Field Guide for Identification and Control,
General Technical Report SRS-62, Asheville, NC (USDA Forest Service Southern Research
Station, 2003)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Guidance for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects; Part 1 of 2,
January 2001
Guidance for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects; Part 2 of 2,
May 2002
NatureServe
The Nature Conservancy International Classification of Ecological Communities: Terrestrial
Vegetation of the Southeastern United States, 2006
NC Almanac, 1955. Almanac Publishing Company, Raleigh
NC Department of Commerce
www.nccommerce.com
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
2000 Ambient Air Quality Report, Division of Air Quality, 2002

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A Basinwide Assessment Report for the Catawba River Basin, Division of Water Quality
April 2008
Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design publication, June 2006
Generalized Geologic Map of North Carolina, Division of Land Resources, 1994
Guidance for Rating the Values of Wetlands in North Carolina: 4th Version, Division of
Environmental Management Water Quality Section, January 1995
Guidelines for Evaluating the Air Quality Impacts of Transportation Facilities, Division of
Air Quality, September 2007
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/bims/reports/reportsWB.html
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/csu/swc.html
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/esb/ams.html
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES/PublicNotices.html
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/tmdl/documents/B.Draft2008303dList.pdf
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/nps/documents/FactSheet7-29-04.pdf
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/tmdl/documents/06IRcountysummary.xls
Identification Methods for the Origin of Intermittent and Perennial Streams: Version 3.1, NC
Division of Water Quality, February 2005
List of Permitted Active and Inactive Mines in North Carolina, Division of Land Resources,
May 19, 2008: www.dlr.enr.state.nc.us/pages/permittedmines.html
Mineral Resources Fact Sheet, NC Geological Survey:
www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/Mineral%20resources/mineralresources.html
Natural Heritage Program List of the Rare Animal Species of North Carolina, Division of
Parks and Recreation, 2006. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program:
www.ncnhp.org/Images/2006RareAnimal List.pdf
Natural Heritage Program List of the Rare Plant Species of North Carolina, Division of Parks
and Recreation, 2006. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program:
www.ncnhp.org/Images/2006RarePlantList.pdf
North Carolina Water Quality Assessment and Impaired Waters List (2006 Integrated 305(b)
and 303(d) Report, 2007: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/tmdl/documents/2006IR_FINAL_000.pdf
North Carolina Waterbodies Report, January 2009:
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/bims/reports/basinsandwaterbodies/Gaston.pdf
North Carolina 303(d) List, June 2007:
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/tmdl/documents/303d_Report.pdf
NC Department of Transportation
2009-2015 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
2030 Metrolina Regional Travel Demand Model, April 2006
Answers to the Questions Most Often Asked About Right of Way Acquisitions and Relocation
Assistance
Assessing Indirect and Cumulative Effects of Transportation Projects in North Carolina,
November 2001

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Best Management Practices for Protection of Surface Waters, March 1997
Capacity Analysis Guidelines for TIP Project Traffic Analyses, Congestion Management
Section, February 15, 2006
Conformity Analysis and Determination Report for the Cabarrus-Rowan MPO, the Gaston
Urban Area MPO, and the Mecklenburg-Union MPO 2030 Long Range Transportation Plans
and the FY 2007-2013 State Transportation Improvement Programs and for Non-MPO Areas
of Lincoln County, Iredell County, Gaston County, and Union County areas, June 2005
Amendment 1 - Conformity Analysis and Determination Report for the Cabarrus-Rowan
MPO, the Gaston Urban Area MPO, and the Mecklenburg-Union MPO 2030 Long Range
Transportation Plans and the FY 2007-2013 State Transportation Improvement Programs
and for Non-MPO Areas of Lincoln County, Iredell County, Gaston County, and Union
County areas, September 2005
Amendment 2 - Conformity Analysis and Determination Report for the Cabarrus-Rowan
MPO, the Gaston Urban Area MPO, and the Mecklenburg-Union MPO 2030 Long Range
Transportation Plans and the FY 2007-2013 State Transportation Improvement Programs
and for Non-MPO Areas of Lincoln County, Iredell County, Gaston County, and Union
County areas, May 2007
Greater Charlotte Region Household Travel Survey, September 2002
Guidance for Assessing Indirect and Cumulative Impacts of Transportation Projects in North
Carolina; Volumes I and II, November 2001
Relocation Assistance, November 2005
Roadway Design Manual, 2002
Section 106 Procedures and Guidelines, October 2003
Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures, January 2002,
www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/ps/specifications/dual/
Strategic Highway Corridors: www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/tpb/SHC
Strategic Highway Corridors Concept Development Report, October 2005
Traffic Noise Abatement Policy, 2004
www.ncdot.org/it/gis/DataDistribution/BikeMaps/default.html
http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/pe/MERGER01/default.html
NC Department of Transportation – Geotechnical Engineering Unit
GeoEnvironmental Impact Study Hazardous Material Evaluation, March 2004
GeoEnvironmental Impact Study Hazardous Material Evaluation Update, January 2008
NC Division of Parks and Recreation
www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/resource/river.html
NC Employment Security Commission
Employment and Wages by Sector, 2nd Quarter 2007, NCESC Web site:
http://eslmi23.esc.state.nc.us/ew/EWGeoArea.asp?Report=1&Year=2007&Period=02
www.ncesc.com

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NC Natural Heritage Program
www.ncnhp.org
Natural Heritage Inventory of Gaston County, 2000: www.ncnhp.org/Images/Gaston11-15-
2005.pdf
NC Office of Budget and Management 
Projected Annual County Population Totals 2020-2029, Web site:
www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/facts_and_figures/socioeconomic_data/population_estimates/de
mog/cpa2020p.html
www.census.state.nc.us
www.demog.state.nc.us
NC Turnpike Authority
www.ncturnpike.org/pdf/Right-of-Way%20Acquisition%20Brochure.pdf
www.ncturnpike.org/pdf/Relocation%20Assistance%20Brochure.pdf
www.ncturnpike.org/projects/gaston
Parramore, Thomas C.
Express Lanes and Country Roads: The Way We Lived in North Carolina, 1920-1970 (1983)
Schafale, M.P. and A.S. Weakley
Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Third Approximation, 1990
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 
South Carolina 2008 303(d) List, Web site:
http://www.scdhec.net/environment/water/tmdl/docs/tmdl_08-303d.xls
South Carolina Office of Research and Statistics 
South Carolina State and County Population Projections 2020-2025,
Web site: www.sccommunityprofiles.org/census/proj2025.php
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
Regional Invasive Exotic Plant Species List: www.se-eppc.org/fslist.cfm
Swanton, John R.
Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, 1939. Reissued 1985.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Texas Department of Transporation
Guidance on Environmental Justice for Toll Roads, March 2005
US Army Corps of Engineers
Telephone interview, USACE representative Steven Lund, October 15, 2007
Wetlands Delineation Manual, Environmental Laboratory 1987
www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/cwa_guide/cwa_guide.htm
www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/cwa_guide/rapanos_guide_memo.pdf
US Census Bureau
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US Department of Agriculture
2002 Census of Agriculture – North Carolina State and County Data (Volume 1, Geographic
Area Series, Part 33, Report No. AC-02-A-33), June, 2004, USDA Web site:
www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/nc/index2.htm
www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/nc/NCVolume104.pdf
US Department of Agriculture- Natural Resource Conservation Service
List of North Carolina Important Farmlands, December, 2005: ftp://ftp-
fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NC/NCweb/Programs/soilsurvey.
Soil Survey of Gaston County, North Carolina, May 1989
Soil Survey of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, June 1980
US Department of the Interior
Land and Water Conservation Fund Project List, Web site:
http://waso-lwcf.ncrc.nps.gov/public/index.cfm
Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic
Preservation, September 1983
www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/lwcf/index.htm
www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri
www.rivers.gov/wildriverslist.html
US Department of Transportation
Memorandum: Policy Statement on Invasive Alien Species, April 22, 1999
Order on Environmental Justice to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations
and Low-Income Populations (USDOT Order 5610.2)
www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/documents/ycr/eo12898.pdf
US Environmental Protection Agency
Control of Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources, Volume 66, Number
61, pages 17230-17273 (Published in the Federal Register on March 29, 2001)
Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources, Volume 72, Number 37, pages
8427-8570 (Published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2007)
Draft Plan for Review of the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Carbon
Monoxide, March 2008
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/swphases.cfm
http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/srchsites.cfm
Integrated Plan for Review of the Primary NAAQS for Sulfur Oxides, October, 2007
Latest Findings on National Air Quality – Status and Trends through 2006, 2008
www.epa.gov/air/criteria.html
www.epa.gov/npdes
www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk
www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/rec/letters

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US Fish and Wildlife Service
Lists of Federally Protected Species for Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties, 2008:
www.fws.gov/nc-es/es/countyfr.html.
Schweinitz's Sunflower Recovery Plan, 1994 (Atlanta, GA)
www.fws.gov/permits/mbpermits/ActSummaries.html
US Geological Survey
http://landcover.usgs.gov/natllandcover.php
Ward, H. Trawick, and R. P. Stephen Davis, Jr.
Time Before History: The Archaeology of North Carolina, 1999
Weakley, A
Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Northern Florida, and Surrounding Areas (Working
Draft of 7 April 2008)
Whittaker Associates, Inc.
York County Industry Cluster & Target Market Study, February 2006
York County, South Carolina
York County 2025 Comprehensive Plan, April 2004
www.yorkcountygov.com
www.yorkcountygov.com/Departments/DepartmentsNZ/PublicWorks/Divisions/WaterandSew
er/tabid/159/Default.aspx
12.2 SUPPORTING PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
The supporting project documentation listed below are technical memoranda and reports
incorporated by reference into the Draft EIS. These are available for review upon request by
contacting the NCTA via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone].
Documents also available on the NCTA Web site (www.ncturnpike.org) are marked with an
asterisk *.
2003, September Phase I (Reconnaissance Level) Historic Architectural Survey for the Gaston
East-West Connector, Prepared by Mattson, Alexander and Associates
2004, February Phase II Traffic Analysis Technical Memorandum – Gaston County East-
West Corridor Study, Prepared by PBS&J
2004, March Citizens Informational Workshop Series #1 Summary – Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
2005, February Gaston East-West Connector Study – Transportation Demand Modeling
Technical Memorandum, Prepared by Martin/Alexiou/Bryson
2005, May Draft Traffic Technical Memorandum – Gaston County East-West Connector
Study, Prepared by PBS&J
2006, April Citizens Informational Workshop Series #2 Summary – Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2006, October Proposed Gaston East-West Connector Preliminary Traffic and Revenue
Study Final Report, Prepared by Wilbur Smith Associates

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2006, October Gaston East-West Connector Traffic Forecasting and System Level Analysis
for Detailed Study Alternatives, Prepared by Martin/Alexiou/Bryson
2007, April Archaeological Assessment of Detailed Study Alternatives for the Proposed
Gaston East-West Connector, Prepared by Coastal Carolina Research, Inc.
2007, April Gaston East-West Connector Traffic Forecasting and System Level Analysis
for the Detailed Study Alternatives - Revised, Prepared by
Martin/Alexiou/Bryson
2007, November Community Characteristics Report for the Gaston East-West Connector,
Prepared by PBS&J
*2007, December Final Preliminary Hydraulic Technical Memorandum for the Gaston County
East-West Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
2007, December Final Traffic Operations Technical Memorandum for the Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, January Preliminary Engineering Designs for the Gaston East-West Connector
Detailed Study Alternatives, Prepared by PBS&J and Gibson Engineers. (See
Public Hearing Maps available on the NCTA Web site)
*2008, February Natural Resources Technical Report for the Gaston East-West Connector,
Prepared by Earth Tech, Inc.
*2008, February Phase II Architectural Resources Survey Report for the Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by Mattson, Alexander and Associates, Inc.
2008, May Memorandum – Gaston County East-West Connector – TIP Project U-3321 –
Logical Termini, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, June Relocation Reports for the Gaston East-West Connector, Prepared by
Carolina Land Acquisitions, Inc. (Draft EIS Appendix F)
*2008, July Final Traffic Noise Technical Memorandum for the Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, August Gaston East-West Connector (U-3321) Traffic Forecasts for Toll Alternatives,
Prepared by Martin/Alexiou/Bryson
*2008, August Utility Impact Report for the Gaston East-West Connector, Prepared by TBE
Group, Inc.
2008, September Analysis of Potential Icing Impacts due to Allen Steam Station SO2 Scrubber
for the Gaston East-West Connector, Prepared by Mactec
2008, September Citizens Informational Workshop Series #3 Summary – Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, September Final Air Quality Technical Memorandum for the Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, September Final Toll Traffic Operations Technical Memorandum - Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, September Final Traffic Operations Technical Memorandum for I-85, I-485, US 29-74,
and US 321 Under Various Scenarios – Gaston East-West Connector,
Prepared by PBS&J

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2008, September Memorandum – Gaston County East-West Connector – TIP Project U-3321 –
Effects on Impacts if the US 29-74 Interchange is Removed from DSAs,
Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, October Addendum to the Final Alternatives Development and Evaluation Report for
the Gaston East-West Connector, Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, October Final Community Impact Assessment for the Gaston East-West Connector,
Prepared by PBS&J
*2008, October Updated Purpose and Need Statement for the Gaston East-West Connector,
Prepared by PBS&J
2008, December Gaston Cost Estimate Support Memorandum, Prepared by HNTB
*2009, March Indirect and Cumulative Effects Assessment for the Gaston East-West
Connector, Prepared by Louis Berger Group