Anticipated Project Schedule

• Environmental Compliance Document – November 2008
• Beginning of Right-of-Way Acquisition – March 2009
• Beginning of Construction – December 2009

• An environmental planning study is currently being conducted in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The environmental compliance document is a Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (PCE), which is being prepared by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), for the Northern Wake Freeway Interchange Improvements at I-540 and I-40.

• The project is listed in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) as project number R-2000AF, formerly identified as STIP project number I-5104.

• The project limits extend approximately 2 miles, from the interchange of I-540 with Aviation Parkway (SR 3097) in Wake County to the interchange of I-40 with Page Road (SR 1973) in Durham County.

Environmental Compliance Document

The primary topics to be addressed with supporting documentation in the PCE are listed below.

• Public and Agency Comments
• GeoEnvironmental (Hazardous Materials)
• Cultural Resources
• Natural Resources
• Land Use
• Level of Service (Merge/Diverge Analyses)
• Crash Analysis
• Air Quality Analysis
• Traffic Noise Impact Analysis

Planning Jurisdictions

The project is in the following planning jurisdictions:

• City of Raleigh
• Town of Cary
• Durham City/County

In addition, the project is located near areas under the jurisdiction of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, Town of Morrisville, and Research Triangle Park. Also, some property adjacent to the project corridor is owned by Wake County as part of the Crabtree Creek Watershed Project.