Addendum: Assessment of Effects GDOT Project BHF-0151-01(006), Gordon County

GDOT Project BHF-0151-01 (006); PI 631570 is federally funded. Therefore, Section 106 compliance is being processed through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The proposed project would replace the existing bridges on SR 225 over New Town Creek and the Coosawattee River in Gordon County (Figure 1). Along with the bridge replacements, the project proposes to improve SR 225 to enhance safety and correct a substandard horizontal alignment. The proposed project would maintain traffic on the existing roadway during construction. The existing bridge over New Town Creek was constructed in 1952, and is approximately 162 feet long and 24 feet wide. The existing bridge over the Coosawattee River was constructed in 1955, and is approximately 621 feet long and 24 feet wide. The existing SR 225 roadway consists of two 12-foot lanes with 3-foot shoulders. The current right-of-way is 80 feet wide while the proposed right-of-way would be approximately 130 feet. Project implementation will require the redesign of several holes and tee boxes on the Calhoun Elks Club Golf Course located immediately adjacent to the project area. As defined in 36 CFR 800.16(d), the area of potential effects (APE) of an undertaking is defined as "the geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may directly or indirectly cause changes in the character or use of historic properties, if any such properties exist". Based on this definition, the nature and scope of the undertaking, the guidance in the GDOT/FHWA Cultural Resource Survey Guidelines and past experience with similar projects, the APE was defined, in consultation with the Georgia SHPO, as the project viewshed and the proposed right-of-way of the proposed project, within which all construction and ground disturbing activity would be confined, as well as areas which may be indirectly affected by the proposed project. This addendum AOE pertains specifically to the expanded APE related to redesign of the Calhoun Elks Golf Course as cost-to-cure mitigation for the project.