Archaeological Survey of GDOT Project Surplus Property along Ramble Road, Bulloch County

The proposed project consists of the identification of surplus property in Bulloch County owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation that will be placed on the market by the Department's Right-of-Way Office (see attached location map). The surplus property is located at the north end of Ramble Road and along the west side of US 301/SR 73/Veterans Memorial Parkway (see attached location map). This parcel is a total of 32.42 acres but only 6.882 acres is being considered for surplus disposal. The parcel was originally acquired under Project F-068-1(25) for ecologically-related mitigation purposes. An archeological survey (Level II) was conducted in accordance with "GDOT/FHWA Cultural ResourceSurvey Guidelines" developed by the GDOT Staff Archeologists in consultation with DNR Historic Preservation Division Staff and concurred in by the Federal Highway Administration and State Historic Preservation Officer. These guidelines provide general survey boundaries and methodological approaches to archeological surveys based on the type/scope of work of proposed highway projects and are followed during the initial identification of archaeological resources. By agreement, since no archaeological resources were located within the project's area of potential effect, no signed concurrence form the State Historic Preservation Officer is required. It is concluded, therefore, that the project will have no effect upon archaeological resources on or eligible for inclusion in the NRHP provided that the project conforms to that described above.