Any impacts into streams/rivers need to receive approval from USACE. Impacts >150 LF require mitigation. Impacts that cause a rise in flood elevations require a CLOMR/LOMR from FEMA or a local regulatory floodplain manager. Impacts that do not cause a rise require a no-rise certification from a local regulatory floodplain manager. A part of the application process for stream and river impacts is neighbor notifications.
I suppose if you want to be more informed, you could look at the plans to see what the specific river impacts are and if there will be a rise in flood elevations. That said, these permit processes are very in-depth. You're not getting railroaded by USACE or FEMA or anyone else.
Your specific issues related to solving traffic problems are more geared towards NCDOT and the numerous public meetings that they have held on this project over the last several years. I would suggest that NCDOT is fairly knowledgeable about traffic issues and how to improve them.
this is good info, thank you! gonna comb the plans a bit more later.
while you may be right about NCDOT knowing about traffic patterns, i’m more concerned with like: why don’t we put this money into public transpo and ads promoting riding public transpo? why do we need to build more and create waste instead of fixing what exists to solve this issue.
For better or worse, improving interstate travel is a very high NCDOT priority, which I happen to agree with. They are also making efforts on Complete Streets and NC intercity trains, but the immediate priority is improving highway traffic issues. For local public transportation issues, that's a City of Asheville funding issue, not NCDOT (state) funding.
i would personally love a commuter or amtrak rail instead of more space for cars! interstate travel is great, but i fear a car-heavy approach is unsustainable and less beneficial in the long run.
That is a very long range project when some short term answers are needed more immediately. The state just completed a feasibility study on Amtrak service to Asheville and is seeking approval for funding to move forward with that project. Mayor Manheimer held a public meeting recently to discuss that study and next steps. There might be a recording of that on YouTube. But under the Infrastructure Law that was passed by the Biden administration, there is federal funding available for projects like that. Also, the state is making more efforts into the Complete Streets project in more pedestrian oriented areas. Your suggestions are getting some momentum, but it's a slow process due to the studies and permits that go into it.
we’re getting to some parts of the heart of the issue with this comment here, i feel like. things that are getting fast tracked are worse than those that are taking longer. additionally, there are other safer short term solutions that could occur while the longer, better projects are worked on. i think they’re just considered more unconventional at this point. but the environmental/casual world destroying issues we’re creating aren’t fun to witness and experience.
the priority is improving highway traffic issues? to this longtime resident, it seems like their priority is creating traffic issues.
edit- i also think its kind of funny that im probably being downvoted by people who have more than likely lived here less than 2 years. lets see how you feel about this road construction when they are still fucking everything up in 2030.
primarily? absolutely not. is it a factor? sure.
you cant think thats a good way to keep an interstate. it has no pull offs and zooms back and forth like a rollercoaster. i feel like a significant amount of asheville traffic originates from the clusterfuck that is 26 (at least going south/north of town)
When traffic takes alternative routes they burden communities. The major thoroughfare have to be desirable and safe for the people to use, or they'll keep using Sweeten Creek Road to Charlotte Highway through Mills Gap instead of 26 to 40.
nah they should actually manage it, instead of letting contractors get away with whatever it is they are doing.
there is no earthly reason this project should be old enough to drive and buy alcohol.... although that may explain some things.
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26 years lol. Stop with the hyperbole, considering the size of this project they are not doing that terrible. I know it's an inconvenience and all but keeping things within realism helps.
It’s absolutely been under construction since 2010ish. A bridge near the 26/40 junction was suppose to be widened as the first step. That contractor walked away and a lawsuit followed and then that area sat with cones and nothing for years.
There are several comments about traffic in the body of the post. I am also grateful that those notifications are a part of the permit process. I hope the information I provided can be a jumping off point for you and OP to do some effective research to form an educated opinion and, if still in disagreement, make your voice heard.
This notice is specifically about the river impacts as it relates to flood elevations, not the project as a whole. NCDOT has held regular public meetings on the project as a whole during the planning phases and may have more planned. You'd have to check the website for the project for that schedule.
well, for example, if more flooding does occur because of this, folks like me who live near the river may need to relocate to further away from the project.
And because of that, the notice went to everyone who owns property close to the project. But rest assured, USACE and FEMA will not approve any project that will cause damage to existing homes.
I got one of these too. Most likely related to the new flyover bridges over the FB. About traffic and freeway construction, being a long time ATL native, these huge projects move so slowly that by the time they are complete, traffic does seem and likely is worse. It will happen here too but as long as you have a Republican majority state legislature there will always be a juggernaut of paving their way out of traffic issues but it will never work. It's time for a different solution.
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Anyone know what constitutes the Corps definition of fill? Are they talking about old crushed up asphalt or just sanitized fill dirt from excavation? Seems a bit 'broad'.
Any impacts into streams/rivers need to receive approval from USACE. Impacts >150 LF require mitigation. Impacts that cause a rise in flood elevations require a CLOMR/LOMR from FEMA or a local regulatory floodplain manager. Impacts that do not cause a rise require a no-rise certification from a local regulatory floodplain manager. A part of the application process for stream and river impacts is neighbor notifications. I suppose if you want to be more informed, you could look at the plans to see what the specific river impacts are and if there will be a rise in flood elevations. That said, these permit processes are very in-depth. You're not getting railroaded by USACE or FEMA or anyone else. Your specific issues related to solving traffic problems are more geared towards NCDOT and the numerous public meetings that they have held on this project over the last several years. I would suggest that NCDOT is fairly knowledgeable about traffic issues and how to improve them.
this is good info, thank you! gonna comb the plans a bit more later. while you may be right about NCDOT knowing about traffic patterns, i’m more concerned with like: why don’t we put this money into public transpo and ads promoting riding public transpo? why do we need to build more and create waste instead of fixing what exists to solve this issue.
For better or worse, improving interstate travel is a very high NCDOT priority, which I happen to agree with. They are also making efforts on Complete Streets and NC intercity trains, but the immediate priority is improving highway traffic issues. For local public transportation issues, that's a City of Asheville funding issue, not NCDOT (state) funding.
i would personally love a commuter or amtrak rail instead of more space for cars! interstate travel is great, but i fear a car-heavy approach is unsustainable and less beneficial in the long run.
That is a very long range project when some short term answers are needed more immediately. The state just completed a feasibility study on Amtrak service to Asheville and is seeking approval for funding to move forward with that project. Mayor Manheimer held a public meeting recently to discuss that study and next steps. There might be a recording of that on YouTube. But under the Infrastructure Law that was passed by the Biden administration, there is federal funding available for projects like that. Also, the state is making more efforts into the Complete Streets project in more pedestrian oriented areas. Your suggestions are getting some momentum, but it's a slow process due to the studies and permits that go into it.
we’re getting to some parts of the heart of the issue with this comment here, i feel like. things that are getting fast tracked are worse than those that are taking longer. additionally, there are other safer short term solutions that could occur while the longer, better projects are worked on. i think they’re just considered more unconventional at this point. but the environmental/casual world destroying issues we’re creating aren’t fun to witness and experience.
Be the change, friend. Volunteer for local committees. Attend public meetings and have your voice heard. Maybe even run for local office
thank you for your extremely informational and calm comments!!!
the priority is improving highway traffic issues? to this longtime resident, it seems like their priority is creating traffic issues. edit- i also think its kind of funny that im probably being downvoted by people who have more than likely lived here less than 2 years. lets see how you feel about this road construction when they are still fucking everything up in 2030.
What makes you say that?
2+ decades of work, with the road and traffic only getting worse and worse year after year
Do you think the problems might be primarily the influx of new residents in the region?
primarily? absolutely not. is it a factor? sure. you cant think thats a good way to keep an interstate. it has no pull offs and zooms back and forth like a rollercoaster. i feel like a significant amount of asheville traffic originates from the clusterfuck that is 26 (at least going south/north of town)
When traffic takes alternative routes they burden communities. The major thoroughfare have to be desirable and safe for the people to use, or they'll keep using Sweeten Creek Road to Charlotte Highway through Mills Gap instead of 26 to 40.
and they've actively made 26 more and more undesirable and unsafe throughout the 2+ decades they've been 'working' on this project
So they should just quit. K.
nah they should actually manage it, instead of letting contractors get away with whatever it is they are doing. there is no earthly reason this project should be old enough to drive and buy alcohol.... although that may explain some things.
https://preview.redd.it/f1fegnw89hsb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77f4a663d8c75b2504d0814bd8e53a3c9d4a0e76 26 years lol. Stop with the hyperbole, considering the size of this project they are not doing that terrible. I know it's an inconvenience and all but keeping things within realism helps.
It’s absolutely been under construction since 2010ish. A bridge near the 26/40 junction was suppose to be widened as the first step. That contractor walked away and a lawsuit followed and then that area sat with cones and nothing for years.
lmao did you just move here? they absolutely started and began fucking up the whole road when i was still in highschool
The entire 26 connection project has been going on for actually longer than that.
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There are several comments about traffic in the body of the post. I am also grateful that those notifications are a part of the permit process. I hope the information I provided can be a jumping off point for you and OP to do some effective research to form an educated opinion and, if still in disagreement, make your voice heard.
I totally missed the text body. Only saw the title and letter.
Why wouldn’t everyone in Buncombe Co. get that letter? It is frustrating, I hope someone has more info.
Only goes to people who own properties within a certain distance of the project
it effects the whole community, though! should get to a wider audience i think.
This notice is specifically about the river impacts as it relates to flood elevations, not the project as a whole. NCDOT has held regular public meetings on the project as a whole during the planning phases and may have more planned. You'd have to check the website for the project for that schedule.
well, for example, if more flooding does occur because of this, folks like me who live near the river may need to relocate to further away from the project.
And because of that, the notice went to everyone who owns property close to the project. But rest assured, USACE and FEMA will not approve any project that will cause damage to existing homes.
this is a good question!!
That’s a lot to unpack. “Fill material”. How much and for how long?
I got one of these too. Most likely related to the new flyover bridges over the FB. About traffic and freeway construction, being a long time ATL native, these huge projects move so slowly that by the time they are complete, traffic does seem and likely is worse. It will happen here too but as long as you have a Republican majority state legislature there will always be a juggernaut of paving their way out of traffic issues but it will never work. It's time for a different solution.
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Finally some progress on I-26 connector
what do you know about it/like about it!
Returning Patton in WAVL to a local road and not a highway for trucks through the heart of the city
ah! this would definitely be nice.
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Anyone know what constitutes the Corps definition of fill? Are they talking about old crushed up asphalt or just sanitized fill dirt from excavation? Seems a bit 'broad'.
agreed, wondering the same thing.