The proposed project would consist of safety improvements to the intersection of SR 133, SE 5th Avenue, Industrial Drive, and Old Adel Road, just east of the city of Moultrie, in Colquitt County, Georgia. The proposed project will improve a total of approximately I mile of SR 133 from 25th Street to Regency Village, and would include turn lanes as required, a 14-foot center turn lane, curb and gutter, and sidewalk. Old Adel Road would be realigned to intersect SR 133 at a 90-degree angle, and SE 5th Avenue and Industrial Drive would be realigned to intersect at an angle of 80 degrees with a traffic signal. Existing SE 5th Avenue would include a cul-de-sac. This project area was surveyed for archaeological resources by Edwards-Pitman Environmental and was reported in a GDOT Short Form For Negative Findings in February of 2009. Since that time, the project has been changed to require an extension of the eastern end of the project for an additional 500' to incorporate driveway easements and a drainage outfall. An archeological survey consistent with these project revisions was performed within the project corridor. An archeological survey (Level I) was conducted in accordance with "GDOT/FHWA Cultural Resource Survey 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.
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