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OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUPPORTING A PRIORITY LIST OF STATE HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORT COLLINS AREA
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation, through various
counties of the State, has developed a process for receiving input into the
yearly update of the State's Five-Year Highway Program of Projects; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Larimer County have requested a
recommendation from the City Council regarding the City's preferred priorities
for State Highway Improvement Projects in the Fort Collins area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the "Fort Collins Area State Highway Project Prioritization List, " attached
hereto, be and hereby is recommended to the Board of County Commissioners of
Larimer County, and to the Colorado Department of Transportation, as the City's
recommended order of priority for the projects listed thereon.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 6th
day of August, A.D. 1991.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
FORT COLLINS AREA STATE HIGHWAY PROJECT PRIORITIZATION LIST
I . TRAFFIC OPERATIONS/ALTERNATIVE MODES AND GEOMETRIC IMPROVEMENTS
1 . North College Avenue improvements, in cooperation with the City of
Fort Collins, from Jefferson Street to Shields Street. Improvements
to include access study, ROW, bikeways, curb and gutter, drainage,
aesthetic improvements, the realignment of North Shields Street and
railroad crossing and signalization at North Shields Street and U.S.
287.
2. Construct commuter bike lanes on Harmony Road (SH 68) from South
College Avenue to I-25.
3. State Highway 14 (Mulberry Street) and Lemay Avenue intersection
improvements.
II . INTERSTATE 25 PROJECTS
1 . Provide Park and Ride-share facilities on I-25 at the interchanges
of Mulberry (SH14) , Prospect Road, and Harmony Road (SH 68) . The
City will market the facilities through the Commuter Pool Program.
III. OTHER PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION
1 . State Highway Relocation Project and/or recommendations from the
City's Northeast Area Transportation Study that will be completed
in the Spring of 1992.
2. Assist the City of Fort Collins in securing funds for the Burlington
Northern/Union Pacific Railroad tracks consolidation project in
downtown Fort Collins.
3. The completion of E-470, fourth segment, or other adequate access
to the new airport from northern Colorado.