20090372 Ver 1_Meeting Minutes_20081014

CONCURRENCE POINT 2A
BRIDGING DECISIONS
NC 210 (MURCHISON RD.)
PROPOSED FAYETTEVILLE OUTER LOOP TO NC 24-87 (BRAGG BLVD.)
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
TIP PROJECT U-4444
October 14, 2008
PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING
The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the project design at wetland and
stream crossings along the proposed project Concurrence will be requested on bridging
decisions (Concurrence Point 2A)
PROTECT DESCRIPTION
The proposed project involves widening existing NC 210 (Murchison Road)
between the proposed Fayetteville Outer Loop (TIP Project X-2) and NC 24-87 (Bragg
Boulevard) in Spring Lake to six lanes and upgrading the roadway to a freeway In
addition to the widening, the existing Honeycutt Road intersection will be converted to an
interchange and Randolph Street extended to NC 210 and an interchange constructed
Work will also be required along existing NC 24-87-210 (Bragg Boulevard) in Spring
Lake between the NC 210 (Murchison Road) intersection and the NC 210 (Lillington
Highway) intersection in order to transition from the proposed freeway Figure 1
presents the project's location The project is identified in the approved 2009-2015
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) as Project U-4444
PROJECT STATUS AND SCHEDULE
The merger team has concurred on purpose and need and alternatives to be
studied in detail (Concurrence Points 1 and 2) for the project The last merger team
meeting for the project was held on April 22, 2008 The environmental assessment for
the project was approved on August 4, 2008
This project has been divided into smaller projects for right of way acquisition
and construction TIP Project U-4444A extends from the proposed Fayetteville Outer
Loop to the Fort Bragg boundary TIP Project U-4444B extends from the Fort Bragg
boundary to the northern Bragg Boulevard intersection with NC 210 Right of way
acquisition and construction for Project U-4444AA (Outer Loop to north of Honeycutt
Road) are scheduled for federal fiscal years 2008 and 2009, respectively, in the
2009-2015 TIP Right of way acquisition and construction for Projects U-4444AB and
U-4444B are currently unfunded to the TIP
PROJECT PURPOSE
The purpose of the proposed project is to increase the traffic carrying capacity of
NC 210 (Murchison Road) between the proposed Fayetteville Outer Loop (TIP Project
X-2) and NC 24-87 (Bragg Boulevard) so that this roadway can also accommodate traffic
now using NC 24-87 (Bragg Boulevard) through Fort Bragg, which is to be closed on
Fort Bragg for security reasons
DETAILED STUDY ALTERNATIVES
Two alternatives have been studied in detail for the project
Alternative 1 would involve widening Murchison Road to six lanes with a 22-foot
median and providing interchanges at Honeycutt Road, Randolph Street and Butner
Road A sketch of this alternative is shown below Alternative 1 is also shown on
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A partial tight diamond interchange would be provided at Honeycutt Road, with
Honeycutt Road carried over Murchison Road A loop and ramp in the southeast
quadrant were utilized in order to minimize the impacts to the wetland system located dust
north of this location A design exception will be required for the vertical alignment at
this location in order to tie the proposed grade in to meet an existing at-grade railroad
crossing on Honeycutt Road
At proposed Randolph Street Extension, a tight diamond interchange, with
Randolph Street carried over Murchison Road would be provided The northern ramps of
this interchange would be braided with the southern ramps of the Butner Road
interchange
At Butner Road, Alternative 1 would involve constructing a tight diamond
interchange, with Butner Road carried over Murchison Road Full control of access
would be required along northbound existing Bragg Boulevard from Murchison Road to
Lillington Highway and along southbound existing Bragg Boulevard from Murchison
Road to Lake Avenue In order to provide access to properties on the east side of
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Murchison Road and Bragg Boulevard in Spring Lake, Butner Road would be extended
across Murchison Road, connecting with McCormick Road, Fourth Street and Fifth
Street Fifth Street would be improved between Lillington Highway and Spring Avenue,
as well The anticipated impacts of this alternative are shown on Table 3 below
ALTERNATIVE 2 (Interchanges at Honeycutt and Randolph Only)
Alternative 2 involves widening Murchison Road to six lanes with a 22-foot
median and provides interchanges at Honeycutt Road and Randolph Street This
alternative would remove all access to Butner Road from Murchison Road A sketch of
this alternative is shown below Alternative 2 is also shown on Figure 6
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At Honeycutt Road, a tight diamond interchange will be provided, with
Murchison Road carved over Honeycutt Road A loop and ramp in the southeast
quadrant minimize the impacts to the wetland system located dust north of this location
Murchison Road will be shifted to the east This facilitates the construction of the
interchange while traffic is maintained on existing location and provides additional
distance between the proposed ramps and the at-grade rail crossing on Honeycutt Road
At Randolph Street, a semi-directional interchange with a loop ramp located in
the northeast quadrant will be provided Randolph Street will be tamed over Murchison
Road
As discussed previously, all access to Butner Road from Murchison Road will
eliminated with this alternative Butner Road traffic will utilize existing Bragg
Boulevard to Randolph Street, and then utilize the Randolph Street Interchange with
Murchison Road This alternative requires Bragg Boulevard to remain open between
Randolph Street and Butner Road
Improvements to existing Bragg Boulevard between Murchison Road and
Lillmgton Highway will be required in order to tie the proposed freeway into existing
Bragg Boulevard in Spring Lake Additional lanes and control of access will be required
Third Street in Spring Lake will be extended to McCormick Road in order to provide
access to W T Brown Elementary School and 5th Street will be improved at Lillington
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Highway in order to improve access for properties on the east side of Bragg Boulevard in
Spring Lake The anticipated impacts of this alternative are shown on Table 1 below
TABLE 1
ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF PROJECT ALTERNATIVES
Alternative 1 Alternative 2
Wetlands 6 8 acres 9 22 acres
Streams 1,107 feet 1,181 feet
Homes Relocated 9 4
Businesses Relocated 26 3
Construction Cost $83,800,000 $62,900,000
WETLAND IMPACTS
Seven wetland areas are located in the project study area Jurisdictional wetlands
in the project study area are palustrine in nature Most of the wetlands are palustrine
forested, with some areas of palustnne emergent and palustrine scrub-shrub also present
The locations of these wetlands are shown on Figure 2 Table 2 presents information on
the jurisdictional wetlands within the project study area
TABLE 2
JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS

etland ID

Cowardin
Classification NCDWQ
Wetland
Rating
Score

Riverine or
Non-Riverine
Alt.1
Impacts
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Alt.2
Impacts
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AER PFO 1 C 29 Non-Riverne 0 08 0 04
BER PFO1B/C 44 Riverne 0 26 0 49
CER PF01B/C 48 Riverne 0 59 1 05
EER PFO1B/C 82 Riverne 4 72 7 24
FTB PEM 1 H/PFO 1 H 28 Non-Riverne 0 27 0 27
GTB PEM 1 H/PFO 1 H 45 Non-Riverne 0 88 0 08
HER PEM 1 G 24 Non-Riverne 0 05 0 05
TOTAL 6 85 9 22
Wetland Site EER
The largest wetland impact for either alternative is at Wetland Site EER This site
is located on the eastern side of Murchison Road, dust south of W T Brown Elementary
School The proposed Randolph Street interchange would impact this wetland The
proposed tight diamond interchange with Alternative 1 would have less impact on this
site than the free flow interchange of Alternative 2 However, Alternative 1 would have
substantially higher impacts to businesses than Alternative 2 because of the Butner Road
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interchange A tight diamond interchange could not be used at Randolph Street with
Alternative 2 because of the higher traffic volumes at Randolph Street with Alternative 2
These higher traffic volumes are due to the elimination of the Butner Road interchange
with Alternative 2
The ramp and loop for the Alternative 2 Randolph Street interchange are located
in the northeastern quadrant of the interchange because placing those ramps in the
southeastern quadrant would have more effect on red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)
foraging habitat Also, the ramp and loop in the northeastern quadrant is required to
accommodate traffic The movement from Randolph Street onto northbound Murchison
Road is much higher than the movement from northbound Murchison Road onto
Randolph Street Moving the loop and ramp to the southeast quadrant would put the
higher volumes on a loop, which would not operate as well as a ramp
At the April 2008 merger team meeting, team members asked that NCDOT
investigate reducing the impact of the Alternative 2 Randolph Street interchange on
Wetland Site EER The design for this interchange presented at the April meeting
(Option 1) is shown on Figure 3 A design option has been developed which would
reduce the design speed of the ramp onto northbound Murchison Road This option
(Option 2) is shown on Figure 4 This modified design will reduce the impacts of
Alternative 2 on Wetland Site EER from 7 24 acres to 6 07 acres
STREAM IMPACTS
Eleven jurisdictional streams or stream segments are located within the project
study area There are six perennial streams or stream segments, five intermittent streams
or stream segments, and two ephemeral, non -junsdicrional streams The NCDWQ
classified all streams in the project study area with a Best Usage Classification of WS-IV
No water resources classified as High Quality Waters (HQWs), WS I or II, or
Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) are located within one mile of the project study
area
Figure 2 presents the location of jurisdictional streams in the project area Table 3
presents information on streams in the protect study area
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TABLE 3
JURISDICTIONAL STREAMS
USACE
NCDWQ Stream
NCDWQ Stream Quality Alt.1 Alt.2
Stream Stream Classification Assessment Stream Impact Impact
ID Identification Score Score Determination (ft) (ft)
IER Little Cross ** 51 Perennial 0 0
Creek
2ER UT Little ** 58 Perennial 110 0
Cross Creek
3ER UT Cross ** 60 Perennial 154 254
Creek
4ER UT Cross 265 57 Perennial 0 0
Creek
6TB Cross Creek 225 42 Intermittent 55 40
6ER Cross Creek ** 70 Perennial 466 466
7TB UT Cross 19 28 Intermittent 71 71
Creek
8ER UT Cross 25 75 53 Intermittent 22 22
Creek
9ER UT Cross 29 75 65 Perennial 193 193
Creek
10ER UT Cross 255 49 Intenmttent 9 9
Creek
11ER UT Cross 2225 53 Interrmttent 27 126
Creek
TOTAL 1,107 1,181
UT = Unnamed tributary
** NCDWQ Stream Classification Form was not completed due to strong evidence
indicating these streams are perennial
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