LEGAL NOTICE
Georgia Department of Transportation
Office of Environmental Services
30-Day Public Advisory
Subject: Application for Encroachment Upon 25-Foot Vegetative Stream Buffers
Project: BRSLB-0736-00(005), P.I. No. 331770
County: Coweta
Georgia Department of Transportation project BRSLB-0736-00(005), P.I. No. 331770 proposes the replacement of the existing structurally deficient bridge on CR 546/Lower Fayetteville Road over Shoal Creek in Coweta County, Georgia. The existing bridge, constructed in 1970, is a 140â x 24â concrete structure with a sufficiency rating of 7.00. Lower Fayetteville Road at this location is a rural two-lane roadway with 10â lanes, variable 3â -6â wide shoulders (2â paved). The proposed project would replace the existing bridge with a new 160â x 40â concrete bridge in place. The approaches would consist of two 12â lanes with 10â rural shoulders. The existing right-of-way is 80â wide, and the proposed right-of-way would vary between 80â and 130â wide. The project would be approximately 0.25 mile in length; the total project area would be approximately 4.26 acres. The two resources whose buffers are being impacted by the project are unnamed tributaries to Shoal Creek. The proposed project would result in a total of 248 linear feet and 4,273 square feet of buffer impact to these streams. Buffer impacts would result from roadway slope construction, clearing, grading, stream relocation, guy wire and anchor installation for power line, clearing for installation of underground water main, and associated Best Management Practices (BMPs). The buffer impacts are necessary as part of the proposed project, which would improve safety and operational efficiency by replacing the structurally deficient bridge.
Site plans for the proposed construction can be viewed at the Georgia Department of Transportation District 3 LaGrange Area Office at 1107 Hogansville Road, LaGrange, GA 30241 (tel: 706-845-4115).
Written comments should be submitted to: Program Manager, Non-Point Source Program, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, 4220 International Parkway, Suite 101, Atlanta, Georgia 30354.
The public is invited to comment during the 30-day period on the proposed activity.
For Additional Information Contact: Catherine Samay, Environmental Specialist
EPD, Water Protection Branch
Non-Point Source Program
4220 International Parkway, Suite 101
Atlanta, Georgia 30354
Telephone: 404-675-6240
FAX: 404-675-6245
No. 53828-5-17