HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - Engineering - 04/20/1977 CITY OF FORT COLLINS P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins Colorado 80522 Telephone 303-484-4220
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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20 April 1977
Mr. Dwight M. Bower
District Engineer
Colorado Division of Highways
P.O. Box 850 - 1420 2nd Street
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Dear Mr. Bower:
In a recent letter you indicated the Division of Highways would welcome
suggestions from the City of Fort Collins concerning interchanges ,
separations, and frontage roads of the proposed Fort Collins Expressway.
As a result of recent discussions among members of the City staff and
with representatives of the Larimer County Planning Department, we would
like to make the following comments relative to the proposed expressway:
A. We strongly urgeyou consider the placement of an interchange at
the intersection of the expressway and Lindenmeier Road. We are
hoping the Expressway will aid in the development of northeastern
Fort Collins, however, the proposed expressway without an inter-
change between Colorado Route 14 (East Mulberry Street) and U.S.
Highway 287 (North College Ave. ) will not aid in improving the
access to the area. We also feel the interchange is necessary to
aid emergency vehicles bound for Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital
located on North Lemay Avenue (Lindenmeier Road). The City and
County are presently in the process of connecting the two roads .
B. We would like you to consider a grade separation where the express-
way crosses Redwood Street, located between Lindenmeier Road and
College Avenue. As proposed, the expressway would divide a one
square mile section and force local traffic to use Lindenmeier Road
or College Avenue, major arterials, rather than the designed
collector Redwood Street. Also, without the grade separation, the
expressway would prohibit residential , commercial , and industrial
interaction between the two halves of the square mile.
C. We would also like you to consider moving the eastern intersection
of the expressway with Colorado Route 14 (East Mulberry Street)
further east. As mentioned above in A. , the City and County are
in the process of linking Lindenmeier Road and North Lemay Avenue.
When completed, the link and the expressway would be parallel , and
almost be a duplication of transportation routes. If the interchange
were moved further east, there is the possibility the expressway could
be combined with Timberline Road. Timberline Road is being improved,
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through another joint effort of the City and County, as an
alternative truck route around the city. If the expressway f
and Timberline Road were connected, there would in effect be a
truck by-pass route which would enable traffic to circumvent ,
Fort Collins without having to travel on Colorado Route 14.
Thank you for allowing us to comment on the proposed Fort Collins
Expressway.
Sincerely,
Ken Waido
Planner II
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