HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - 04/08/1977 LARIMER CPUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
FORT COLLINS. COLORADO 80522
PHONE"1-2100 April 8, 1977 P.O.Box 1458
RECEIVED
Mr. Dwight Bowers
Colorado Division of Highways APR 14 1977
P.O. Box 850
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Dear Dwight: I
• As a result of recent discussions among ourselves and with repre-
sentatives of the Fort Collins Planning Department, we would like to
make the following comments ents relative to the proposed Fort Collins
Expressway:
A. Further Analysis should be done and reconsideration
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given concerning the location of an interchange on
Highway 287 just west of Taft Hill Road. Would this
interchange be more efficient if located where the
expressway will intersect Taft Hill Road?
B. The City Planning Department has indicated a desire and
need for an additional interchange--at the intersec-
tion of the expressway and Lindenmier Road. We concur
with the City that an additional interchange at this
location would be beneficial to the traffic flow in this
area.
C. We strongly urge you to consider the linking of the ex-
pressway with the proposed Timberline Poad on the east
side of Fort Collins. in this way we would have the
beginnings of a by-pass route around the entire south-
east, east, northeast, north, and northwestern portions
of the city. As we understand it, present proposals
call for Timberline Road connecting with Highway 14
.several hundred feet east of the express%,ay/?iighway 14
interchange. We suggest that the expressway and Tim-
berline Read intersect Highway 14 at the same point.
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
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WILLIAM ,
County Engineer
TIMM,
County Planner
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