_External_ NCDOT STIP Project BR-0250_ Avery_ Caldwell_ and Watauga Counties -- Start of Study Notice

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Subject: [External] NCDOT STIP Project BR-0250, Avery, Caldwell, and Watauga Counties --
Start of Study Notice
Attachments: BR-0250 SOS Package.pdf
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Good afternoon:
North Carolina Department of Transportation is starting the project development, environmental and engineering
studies for the construction of Project BR-0250, which proposes to replace three timber bridges in NCDOT Division 11:
1. Bridge 149, carrying Herman Buchanan Road (SR 1186) over Horse Creek — about 4 miles west-northwest of
Newland, in Avery County
2. Bridge 252, carrying Spring Meadow Road (SR 1549) over UT To Zacks Fork Creek — about 3 miles northeast of
Lenoir, in Caldwell County
3. Bridge 231, carrying Ball Branch Road (SR 1337) over Norris Fork — about 4 miles north of Boone, in Watauga
County
Please find location maps in the attached PDF. NCDOT staff may locate the PDF document on Connect:
https://connect. ncdot.gov/site/Preconstruction/division/div11/BR-0250/Protect% 2ODevelopment/BR-
0250% 20Sta rt% 20of % 20Study/BR-0250/ 20SOS/ 20Package. pdf
We would appreciate any information you might have that would be helpful in evaluating potential environmental
impacts of the project. Your comments may be used in the preparation of environmental documentation. Currently, the
project is State funded, and a Minimum Criteria Determination Checklist will be prepared. The project is scheduled for
construction in FY 2024.
If you have any questions concerning the project, please contact the NCDOT Project Engineer, Nick Pierce, at (919) 707-
6547 or [e-mail] (cced). You may also send questions or comments to me by response to this email. Please
include the project number (BR-0250) in all correspondence and comments.

We respectfully request responses by October 20th so that your input can be used in the documentation of this project.
If you have no comment at this time, then a response is not required.
Adam Archual I Sr. Environmental Planner & Architectural Historian
Gannett Fleming I One Glenwood Avenue, Suite 900, Raleigh, NC 27603
O 984.389.2398 1 C 770.262.9361 1 [e-mail]
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