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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS
GOVERNOR
March 23. 2009
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Attention: Mr. Steve Lund, MS, PWS
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-5006
Subject: NC 218 Pavement Rehabilitation, TIP R-5114
Mecklenburg, Union and Anson Counties
(DWQ Minor Permit Fee $240.00)
Dear Mr. Lund:
EUGENE A. CONTI, JR.
SECRETARY

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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to rehabilitate NC
218 in Mecklenburg, Union and Anson Counties by repairing deteriorated sections of the
existing roadway and overlaying the project with 4.5 inches of asphalt paving. The
current travel lanes will remain the same width and turn lanes will be added at the
intersections of NC 218 and US 601 as well as NC 218 and NC 205. The total project
length is 30 miles.
Protected Species
A portion of the project occurs within the Goose Creek watershed in the Yadkin Pee-Dee
River Basin and provides habitat for the federally endangered Lasmigona decorate
(Carolina heelsplitter). Based upon a project review conducted along with representatives
from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Asheville Field Office, a Biological
Conclusion of "Not Likely to Adversely Effect" has been rendered for this project.
Impacts to Waters of the United States
This project cannot be completed without impacts to waters of the United States. This
project is located within the Yadkin River Basin (Hydrologic Unit # 03040105) and
stream impacts to unnamed tributaries to Duck Creek, Richardson Creek and Rocky
Branch will be incurred as a result of this project being constructed.
Avoidance/Minimization
The proposed impacts to the jurisdictional areas on this project have been minimized as
much as practical. NCDOT's best management practices for the protection of wetlands
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