HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-040-04/26/1973-EXPRESSING CONCERN TO THE COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENTS OF U.S. HIGHW RESOLUTION 73-40
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
EXPRESSING CONCERN TO THE COLORADO STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENTS
OF U.S. HIGHWAY 287 (COLLEGE AVENUE)
SOUTH OF FORT COLLINS
WHEREAS, College Avenue in the City of Fort Collins is designated
as U.S. Highway No. 287; and
WHEREAS, such highway extends south from Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Department has in the past improved
a portion of said highway just south of Fort Collins and is presently
planning to improve an additional portion of such highway; and
WHEREAS, the portions of said highway both in and out of the
City which have been improved in the past have been improved with a
raised median strip in the center; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the City of Fort Collins such raised
median strip is a highly desirable and essential part of the improvement
of such highway since the same will aid in better control of the traffic
on said highway and the orderly development of the properties adjoining
the highway; and
WHEREAS, it is to be anticipated that the portion of the highway
to be improved and the lands adjoining the same will eventually be within
the limits of the City of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has previously communicated
to to State Highway Department its concern and desire that said highway
would be improved with a raised median strip in the center and with frontage
roads serving the properties adjoining the highway; and
WHEREAS, it is the understanding of the City Council of the City
of Fort Collins that the improvements now planned do not include any pro-
vision for a raised median in the center nor any provision for a frontage
road.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS:
Section 1 . That the City of Fort Collins .hereby expresses its
concern to the State Highway Department concerning the proposed improvement
of U.S. Highway No. 287 south of Fort Collins and specifically the City
of Fort Collins hereby requests that the State Highway Department recon-
sider any decision which may have been made to eliminate a raised median
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strip in connection with such improvements or frontage roads in connection
with such improvements.
Section 2. The City Manager of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the State Highway
Department and to further communicate to the highway department the
City's concern and desires concerning the improvement of High 287 south
of the City of Fort Collins..
Passed and adopted at .a regular meeting of the City Council
held this 26th day of April, A.D. 1973.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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