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Status Report For US 17 Corridor, April 2012
Publisher's note:Beaufort County, by a majority vote (5 to 2) of the county commissioners, pays much money for the services of Marc Finlayson, so it is quite right to publish his correspondences of information for the folks that have paid for it.
Press release:
Good afternoon: I met last week with the US 17 Committee of the Board of Transportation. All five of our board members who reside in the US 17 corridor divisions attended: hairman Mike Alford (Division 3); Matt Wood (Division 1); Hugh Overholt (Division 2); Leigh McNairy (At-Large for Airports and Sea Ports); and Tripp Sloane (At-Large for Rural Transportation). As usual it was a productive and insightful meeting. We continue to make great progress on some of our projects and encounter issues with others. Construction continues in New Hanover and Brunswick on the Wilmington Bypass, in Jacksonville on two projects associated with the Jacksonville Bypass, in Craven County on work to improve mobility through Bridgeton, and in Beaufort County on the final segment of the Washington Bypass.
Please see the attached document listing activities for all ten of our US 17 projects listed on the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). I have also attached for your information an updated project cost matrix, as some of the figures have changed with the most recent publication of the 2012 draft STIP. The matirx will indicate for you the total cost of each project, how much has already been spent, how much is committed in each year through the end of the decade and how much is still "unfunded" or programmed in the years beyond the STIP. The final matrix rolls up all the projects into a total cost for the corridor. It shows that our bottom line need exceeds $600 million in "unfunded" dollars to complete all of our projects.
I will discuss a few of these projects in more detail when our board of directors meets on Thursday. If you have questions you can ask them then or call or email me in advance. Thanks as always for your attention and support.
Regards, Marc.
Marc Finlayson
Highway 17 Association
PO Box 1673
New Bern, NC 28563
(252) 514-2748
(252) 633-3565 Fax
(252) 617-2825 Cell
finlayson@highway17nc.org
US 17 Wilmington Bypass
TIP Project No. R-2633 A/B
US 17 Hampstead Bypass
TIP Project No. R-3300
US 17 Jacksonville Bypass to Drummer / Kellum Road
TIP Project No. U-4007
US 17 Belgrade to New Bern
TIP Project No. R-2514 B,C & D
US 17 New Bern Bypass
TIP Project No. R-2301 A
US 17 New Bern to Washington
TIP Project No. R-2513
US 17 Washington Bypass
TIP Project No. R-2510
US 17 Washington to Williamston
TIP Project No. R-2511
US 17 Mills Street in Bridgeton to NC 43
TIP Project No. R-3403
US 17-74-76 / NC 133 Widening in Wilmington
TIP Project No. R-3601
US 17 Status Report
US 17 Wilmington Bypass (R-2633 A/B)
Total cost: $532.1 million (National Highway System / NC Loop) unfunded: $0
Final Environmental Impact Statement - April 2007
Record of Decision - October 2007
Design Public Hearing - January 2008
R/W Acquisition Segment A - complete
Segment B - underway
Construction Segment A - March 1, 2011.
(estimated completion, summer 2013) Segment B - NC FY 2013
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Segment A - Major borrow work and pipe work complete.
Segment A - Bridge work underway throughout project.
Segment A - Culvert replacement along existing US 17 (including temporary on-site detour for US 17).
Segment B - Design consultant selected (Lochner).
Action items for April - June:
Segment A - Fine grading.
Segment A - Paving operations to begin.
Segment B - Right of Way acquisition process is on-going.
Segment B - Final design work continuing.
Project Managers (Segment A): Wayne Currie, P.E. (910) 251-2691, wcurrie@ncdot.gov Project Manager (Segment B): Brenda Moore, P.E. (919) 707-6285, blmoore@ncdot.gov
US 17 Hampstead Bypass (R-3300)
Total cost: $220 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $199 million
Federal Draft Environmental Impact Statement - July 2011
Federal Final Environmental Impact Statement - August 2012
State Record of Decision - November 2012
Begin R/W Acquisition - NC FY 2017
Finish R/W Acquisition - Budgeted $20 million in NC FY 2017
Construction Unfunded ($199 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Study conducted in response to a citizen request to consider a change to the study corridor for Alternative E-H. Based on the study, it appears the suggested corridor
shift would have more impacts to wetlands and might affect red-cockaded woodpecker foraging habitat.
Response submitted to EPA concerns regarding the project. EPA provided additional comments on responses. Currently working to address EPA concerns.
Work is continuing on options for providing access at the north end of the bypass that would safely accommodate traffic and minimize impacts top red-cockaded woodpecker
foraging habitat. This is in response to citizen comments from October 2011 hearings.
Biological assessment for endangered species impacts will be prepared prior to completion of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Record of Decision for the 404 permit.
Action items for April - June:
Options for northern access developed by value engineering study will be examined in more detail.
Additional EPA comments will be addressed and a second meeting held to discuss selection of LEDPA (concurrence point 3) will be held in May 2012.
Project Manager: Kim Gillespie, P.E. (919) 707-6023 klgillespie@ncdot.gov
US 17 Jacksonville Bypass to Drummer Kellum Road (U-4007)
Total cost: $201.9 million (National Highway System) Unfunded: $104.4 million
Environmental Assessment - October 2006
Finding of No Significant Impact - February 2008
R/W Acquisition Segments A, B - complete
Segment C - Budgeted $14.6 million in US FY 2020
Segment C - partially unfunded ($29.1 million)
Segment D - unfunded ($32.3 million)
Construction Segment A - July 2011
Segment B - October 2010
Segment C - unfunded ($26.3 million)
Segment D - unfunded ($16.6 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Segment A - Construction approximately 26% complete (estimated completion December 2013).
Segment B - Construction approximately 25% complete (estimated completion September 2103).
Action items for April - June:
Segment A - Construction on-going.
Segment B - Construction on-going.
Project Manager (Segments C & D): Brenda Moore, P.E. (919) 707-6248, blmoore@ncdot.gov Project Manager (Segments A & B): David A. Candela, P.E. (910) 347-5258, dacandela@ncdot.gov
US 17 Belgrade to New Bern Bypass (R-2514 B, C & D)
Total cost: $233.4 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $18.7 million
State draft Environmental Impact Statement - Approved August 31, 2004
Corridor public hearing - August 16, 2005
State Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) - June 23, 2011
Record of Decision - April 2012
Design public hearing - Mid 2012
R/W Acquisition Segment B - NC FY 2014
Segment C - NC FY 2013
Segment D - NC FY 2013
Construction Segment B - Budgeted $37.3 million beginning NC FY2019.
Segment B - partially unfunded ($18.7 million)
Segment C - Budgeted $24 million beginning NC FY 2015.
Segment D - Budgeted $101 million beginning NC FY 2015.
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Completion of updated Noise Analysis (January 2012).
Action items for April - June:
In-house review of State Record of Decision (April 2012).
Approval of State Record of Decision.
Design Public Hearing, mid 2012.
Project Manager: Mark Pierce, P.E. (919) 707-6035 mspierce@ncdot.gov
US 17 New Bern Bypass (R-2301)
Total cost: Segment A - $41.1 million (National Highway System) Unfunded: $0 Segment B - $161.8 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $156.5 million
Record of Decision approved - June 2001
R/W Acquisition Segment A - Complete
Segment B - Budgeted $5.3 million in NC FY 2020 Segment B - Partially unfunded ($10.5 million)
Construction Segment A - Complete Segment B - Unfunded ($146 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
No items underway.
Action items for April - June:
Segment B - A reevaluation must be prepared due to the time elapsed since approval of the Record of Decision in June 2001. Project Development activities are scheduled to begin in late 2012.
Project Manager (Segment B): Mark Pierce, P.E. (919) 707-6035 mspierce@ncdot.gov
US 17 from SR 1438 to Washington Bypass (R-2513)
Total cost: $72.8 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $72.5 million
Environmental Screening Report prepared by PDEA staff April 4, 2005.
Project Costs updated by Feasibility Studies Unit - March 2010.
R/W Acquisition - unfunded ($15 million)
Construction - unfunded ($57.5 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
No items underway.
Action items for April - June:
No items underway.
Feasibility Study Project Manager: Derrick Lewis, P.E. (919) 715-5572, dlewis@ncdot.gov PDEA Project Manager: Charles Cox, P.E. (919) 707-6016, ccox@ncdot.gov
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Press release:
Good afternoon: I met last week with the US 17 Committee of the Board of Transportation. All five of our board members who reside in the US 17 corridor divisions attended: hairman Mike Alford (Division 3); Matt Wood (Division 1); Hugh Overholt (Division 2); Leigh McNairy (At-Large for Airports and Sea Ports); and Tripp Sloane (At-Large for Rural Transportation). As usual it was a productive and insightful meeting. We continue to make great progress on some of our projects and encounter issues with others. Construction continues in New Hanover and Brunswick on the Wilmington Bypass, in Jacksonville on two projects associated with the Jacksonville Bypass, in Craven County on work to improve mobility through Bridgeton, and in Beaufort County on the final segment of the Washington Bypass.
Please see the attached document listing activities for all ten of our US 17 projects listed on the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). I have also attached for your information an updated project cost matrix, as some of the figures have changed with the most recent publication of the 2012 draft STIP. The matirx will indicate for you the total cost of each project, how much has already been spent, how much is committed in each year through the end of the decade and how much is still "unfunded" or programmed in the years beyond the STIP. The final matrix rolls up all the projects into a total cost for the corridor. It shows that our bottom line need exceeds $600 million in "unfunded" dollars to complete all of our projects.
I will discuss a few of these projects in more detail when our board of directors meets on Thursday. If you have questions you can ask them then or call or email me in advance. Thanks as always for your attention and support.
Regards, Marc.
Marc Finlayson
Highway 17 Association
PO Box 1673
New Bern, NC 28563
(252) 514-2748
(252) 633-3565 Fax
(252) 617-2825 Cell
finlayson@highway17nc.org
US 17 Wilmington Bypass
TIP Project No. R-2633 A/B
US 17 Hampstead Bypass
TIP Project No. R-3300
US 17 Jacksonville Bypass to Drummer / Kellum Road
TIP Project No. U-4007
US 17 Belgrade to New Bern
TIP Project No. R-2514 B,C & D
US 17 New Bern Bypass
TIP Project No. R-2301 A
US 17 New Bern to Washington
TIP Project No. R-2513
US 17 Washington Bypass
TIP Project No. R-2510
US 17 Washington to Williamston
TIP Project No. R-2511
US 17 Mills Street in Bridgeton to NC 43
TIP Project No. R-3403
US 17-74-76 / NC 133 Widening in Wilmington
TIP Project No. R-3601
US 17 Status Report
US 17 Wilmington Bypass (R-2633 A/B)
Total cost: $532.1 million (National Highway System / NC Loop) unfunded: $0
Final Environmental Impact Statement - April 2007
Record of Decision - October 2007
Design Public Hearing - January 2008
R/W Acquisition Segment A - complete
Segment B - underway
Construction Segment A - March 1, 2011.
(estimated completion, summer 2013) Segment B - NC FY 2013
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Segment A - Major borrow work and pipe work complete.
Segment A - Bridge work underway throughout project.
Segment A - Culvert replacement along existing US 17 (including temporary on-site detour for US 17).
Segment B - Design consultant selected (Lochner).
Action items for April - June:
Segment A - Fine grading.
Segment A - Paving operations to begin.
Segment B - Right of Way acquisition process is on-going.
Segment B - Final design work continuing.
Project Managers (Segment A): Wayne Currie, P.E. (910) 251-2691, wcurrie@ncdot.gov Project Manager (Segment B): Brenda Moore, P.E. (919) 707-6285, blmoore@ncdot.gov
US 17 Hampstead Bypass (R-3300)
Total cost: $220 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $199 million
Federal Draft Environmental Impact Statement - July 2011
Federal Final Environmental Impact Statement - August 2012
State Record of Decision - November 2012
Begin R/W Acquisition - NC FY 2017
Finish R/W Acquisition - Budgeted $20 million in NC FY 2017
Construction Unfunded ($199 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Study conducted in response to a citizen request to consider a change to the study corridor for Alternative E-H. Based on the study, it appears the suggested corridor
shift would have more impacts to wetlands and might affect red-cockaded woodpecker foraging habitat.
Response submitted to EPA concerns regarding the project. EPA provided additional comments on responses. Currently working to address EPA concerns.
Work is continuing on options for providing access at the north end of the bypass that would safely accommodate traffic and minimize impacts top red-cockaded woodpecker
foraging habitat. This is in response to citizen comments from October 2011 hearings.
Biological assessment for endangered species impacts will be prepared prior to completion of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Record of Decision for the 404 permit.
Action items for April - June:
Options for northern access developed by value engineering study will be examined in more detail.
Additional EPA comments will be addressed and a second meeting held to discuss selection of LEDPA (concurrence point 3) will be held in May 2012.
Project Manager: Kim Gillespie, P.E. (919) 707-6023 klgillespie@ncdot.gov
US 17 Jacksonville Bypass to Drummer Kellum Road (U-4007)
Total cost: $201.9 million (National Highway System) Unfunded: $104.4 million
Environmental Assessment - October 2006
Finding of No Significant Impact - February 2008
R/W Acquisition Segments A, B - complete
Segment C - Budgeted $14.6 million in US FY 2020
Segment C - partially unfunded ($29.1 million)
Segment D - unfunded ($32.3 million)
Construction Segment A - July 2011
Segment B - October 2010
Segment C - unfunded ($26.3 million)
Segment D - unfunded ($16.6 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Segment A - Construction approximately 26% complete (estimated completion December 2013).
Segment B - Construction approximately 25% complete (estimated completion September 2103).
Action items for April - June:
Segment A - Construction on-going.
Segment B - Construction on-going.
Project Manager (Segments C & D): Brenda Moore, P.E. (919) 707-6248, blmoore@ncdot.gov Project Manager (Segments A & B): David A. Candela, P.E. (910) 347-5258, dacandela@ncdot.gov
US 17 Belgrade to New Bern Bypass (R-2514 B, C & D)
Total cost: $233.4 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $18.7 million
State draft Environmental Impact Statement - Approved August 31, 2004
Corridor public hearing - August 16, 2005
State Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) - June 23, 2011
Record of Decision - April 2012
Design public hearing - Mid 2012
R/W Acquisition Segment B - NC FY 2014
Segment C - NC FY 2013
Segment D - NC FY 2013
Construction Segment B - Budgeted $37.3 million beginning NC FY2019.
Segment B - partially unfunded ($18.7 million)
Segment C - Budgeted $24 million beginning NC FY 2015.
Segment D - Budgeted $101 million beginning NC FY 2015.
Action items Accomplished January - March:
Completion of updated Noise Analysis (January 2012).
Action items for April - June:
In-house review of State Record of Decision (April 2012).
Approval of State Record of Decision.
Design Public Hearing, mid 2012.
Project Manager: Mark Pierce, P.E. (919) 707-6035 mspierce@ncdot.gov
US 17 New Bern Bypass (R-2301)
Total cost: Segment A - $41.1 million (National Highway System) Unfunded: $0 Segment B - $161.8 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $156.5 million
Record of Decision approved - June 2001
R/W Acquisition Segment A - Complete
Segment B - Budgeted $5.3 million in NC FY 2020 Segment B - Partially unfunded ($10.5 million)
Construction Segment A - Complete Segment B - Unfunded ($146 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
No items underway.
Action items for April - June:
Segment B - A reevaluation must be prepared due to the time elapsed since approval of the Record of Decision in June 2001. Project Development activities are scheduled to begin in late 2012.
Project Manager (Segment B): Mark Pierce, P.E. (919) 707-6035 mspierce@ncdot.gov
US 17 from SR 1438 to Washington Bypass (R-2513)
Total cost: $72.8 million (NC Trust Fund) Unfunded: $72.5 million
Environmental Screening Report prepared by PDEA staff April 4, 2005.
Project Costs updated by Feasibility Studies Unit - March 2010.
R/W Acquisition - unfunded ($15 million)
Construction - unfunded ($57.5 million)
Action items Accomplished January - March:
No items underway.
Action items for April - June:
No items underway.
Feasibility Study Project Manager: Derrick Lewis, P.E. (919) 715-5572, dlewis@ncdot.gov PDEA Project Manager: Charles Cox, P.E. (919) 707-6016, ccox@ncdot.gov
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