20190397_R-2566B-PH-Notice- 9-30-16 - Watauga County revised #2_20161007

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OF N.C. 105 FROM OLD SHULL'S
MILL ROAD TO N.C. 105 BYPASS IN BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY
TIP Project R-2566B
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 7, from 4 to 7
p.m. at the Watauga Campus of Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute (in Building W372
Room 112, the building on the top of the hill with flagpoles out front), 372 Community College Drive in
Boone. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the hearing hours, as there will be no formal
presentation.
The proposed project would improve 4.5 miles of N.C. 105 between Foscoe and Boone. N.C. 105 would
be widened to three lanes (adding a southbound passing lane) from Old Shull's Mill Road to Broadstone
Road and to four lanes with a 23-foot wide raised median from Broadstone Road to N.C. 105 Bypass. Six-
foot paved shoulders will be added along the entire 4.5-mile corridor. The 1-mile corridor from Clark's
Creek Road to Old Shull's Mill Road also was studied, but it was determined that no improvements are
needed along that section.
Replacement of the bridge that carries N.C. 105 over the Watauga River north of the Broadstone Road
intersection has been designed as part of this study, but is funded separately and will be constructed
sooner than the rest of the corridor.
Project mapping will be displayed and project team representatives will be available to answer
questions and receive comments. Written comments can be submitted at the meeting or by December
5, 2016. The comments received will be considered in the final design process.
Maps displaying the preliminary design of the preferred alternative and a copy of the Environmental
Assessment (EA) are available for public review at the following locations:
NCDOT Division 11 Office — 801 Statesville Road, North Wilkesboro
High Country Rural Planning Organization Office — 468 New Market Boulevard, Boone
Copies of the maps and the EA are also available on the project website:
https://www. ncdot.gov/proiects/nc105widenin�/
Public Hearing Maps also are available online at: http://www.ncdot.�ov/prolects/publicmeetings/.
For additional information, contact Jamille Robbins, Public Involvement Group Leader, NCDOT Human
Environment Section at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1598, by phone at [phone],
or by email at [e-mail].
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled
persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact
Robbins as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.
Aquellas personas que hablan espanol y no hablan ingles, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o
entender ingles, podrian recibir servicios de interpretacion si los solicitan antes de la reunion Ilamando
a I 1-800-481-6494.