Cape Fear Crossing D r a f t Environmental Impact Statement

Quantitative Summary of Project Impacts

A summary of the impacts for the alternatives is presented in Table S-1.

Table S-1: Alternative Comparison Matrix

Alternatives
Resource
B MA NA Q T V-AW

Project Features

Length of Corridor (miles) 11.1 12.3 12.2 11.5 11.4 11.8

Construction Cost (millions 743 808 770 776 719 508
$)
ROW Cost (millions $) 248 96 190 90 216 107
Number of Interchanges 5 4 4 4 4 6
Number of Railroad
2 1 2 1 2 2
Crossings
Number of Major Power
2 1 1 2 2 4
Easement Crossings

Socioeconomic Features

Parks 1 0 1 0 1 3
Churches 3 4 4 3 3 3
Cemeteries 1 0 1 0 1 0
Schools 1 0 1 0 1 0
Fire Stations 0 1 0 1 0 0
Business Relocations 117 43 86 45 88 98
Residential Relocations 149 48 148 26 173 168
Total Relocations 266 91 234 71 261 266
Minority and/or Low-
Income Populations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Present

Physical Environment

Potential Noise Impacts 526 390 396 433 453 276

Farmland soils (acres)b 454.0 553.5 469.6 416.8 346.5 151.6
Hazardous Materials Sites:
3 1 3 0 3 1
High severity (#)
Hazardous Materials Sites:
3 5 4 0 3 24
Low severity (#)

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Table S-1: Alternative Comparison Matrix

Alternatives
Resource
B MA NA Q T V-AW

Floodplains – 100-year
14.3 35.7 34.0 31.7 28.8 214.4
(acres)c
Floodplains – 500-year
5.5 7.3 6.6 5.6 8.2 15.1
(acres)c
Floodway 2.8 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.6 0.4
Preservation Areas (acres) 29.5 31.0 30.5 21.9 21.4 139.8

Cultural Resources and 4(f)/6(f)

Archaeological Probabilityc 250.7 481.1 370.3 380.8 273.0 318.0

Historic Properties –
0 0 0 0 0 3
Section 106 adverse effect
Section 4(f) Anticipated
0 0 0 0 0 3
Use
Section 4(f) Anticipated
1 0 1 0 1 5
De Minimis Use
Section 6(f) Properties 0 0 0 0 0 2
Impacted

Natural Environment

Biotic Resources (acres)

Coastal Plain Bottomland
Hardwood - Blackwater 1.1 1.4 0.3 2.4 1.3 1.1
Subtype
Coastal Plain Small Stream
Swamp - Blackwater 6.7 17.0 10.1 8.8 0.5 6.8
Subtype
Cutover 9.5 13.7 13.7 8.3 0.6 0.6
Cypress/Gum Swamp -
12.1 21.7 21.7 12.1 6.5 0.0
Blackwater Subtype
Estuarine Woody Wetland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 35.6
Maintained/Disturbed 210.3 282.3 272.6 226.9 230.0 281.0
Mesic Pine Flatwoods 102.5 239.1 200.3 145.9 111.0 39.4
Nonriverine Swamp Forest 0.1 2.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nonriverine Wet
11.8 5.7 5.6 8.6 13.5 21.9
Hardwood Forest
Pine Plantation 145.8 47.5 41.0 101.4 87.9 0.7

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Table S-1: Alternative Comparison Matrix

Alternatives
Resource
B MA NA Q T V-AW

Pocosin 49.1 1.6 1.6 6.2 6.4 0.6

Salt/Brackish Marsh 64.9 67.8 70.1 63.7 64.9 79.6
Small Depression Pocosin 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0
Wet Pine Flatwoods 41.6 43.6 42.3 20.9 17.8 6.5
Xeric Sandhill Scrub 0.2 8.7 0.2 8.7 0.3 1.5
TOTAL 655.8 752.8 682.0 614.0 540.8 475.2
Forested Land (acres) 371 380 325 306 245 113
Stream Crossings (#) 8 22 17 14 8 11
a
Streams (linear feet) 2,528 8,779 5,806 4,962 1,667 2,075
Surface Waters/Ponds
<0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1
(acres)a
Wetlands (acres)a 98.5 64.2 58.8 45.7 39.7 140.2
a
CAMA Wetlands (acres) 1.8 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.8 89.1
Federally-Protected
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Species Habitat Present
a
Impacts calculated using slope stake limits plus a 40-foot buffer.
b
Farmland soil impacts include prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, farmland of unique importance, and prime
farmland if drained.
c
Impacts calculated using the 1,000-foot corridor limits.

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