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Abstract
GIS Benefits NCDOT from Impact Evaluation to Public InvolvementTrack: Transportation and Logistics
Author(s): Kilmeny J. Stephens
This paper shows how GIS is being used in all aspects of an environmental impact statement. A prime focus was to minimize environmental impacts for 14 miles of new roadway in Randolph County, North Carolina. Potential impacts to residences, historic properties, streams, and wetlands needed to be balanced with engineering constraints. The GIS enabled the detailed study corridors to be selected faster than by traditional methods. These were then converted to MicroStation for use by roadway design engineers. Agency coordination is facilitated with interactive ArcView sessions. GIS maps are used in newsletters, workshops, and a Web page hosted by NCDOT.
Kilmeny J. Stephens
Earth Tech, Inc.
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Raleigh, NC 27607-5074
USA
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E-mail: kilmeny_stephens@earthtech.com