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STATE v ���EPARTMENT OF I'� IGHWAYS Larimer County
JACK KINSTLINGER �..t EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ft. Collins
Planning & Zonil
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DISTRICT 4 Board
E. N. HAASE `?� DWIGHT M. BOWER
CHIEF ENGINEER N�<JNE��``�E DISTRICT ENGINEER
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March 7, 1977 US 287-S.Colleg
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Mr. Les Kaplan
Director DOH FILE 04-41
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City of Fort Collins
P. 0. Box 580
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
The Colorado Division of Highways has reviewed the March 7th and 14th agenda
of the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board and has the following comments for
your due consideration.
Item #28-77, Miller-Wainwright Associates - Conifer Street Rezoning -
US 287 - Evergreen Park
The Division has been in contact with Mr. Steve Robinson, Project Manager
for D. C. Miller and Associates, concerning the proposed location of the proposed
Fort Collins Expressway in the area. Enclosed is a copy of our letter to your
office dated February 28th concerning the above.
Item #39-77, South College Commercial P.U.D. , Final Plat and Plans - US 287
The Division has no objections to the concept. However, we would suggest
that one of the driveways onto the frontage road be moved to Thunderbird Drive.
This could relieve some of the congestion of the intersections of the frontage
road, Thunderbird Drive, and South College. It would allow for greater storage
for vehicles wishing to cross or enter South College. The driveway should be
a minimum of 50 feet from the intersection. It would be desirable to have it
greater than 100 feet from the intersection.
Item #42-77, Amendment to Harvard Subdivision Second Filing P.U.D. - US 287
The driveway which is located within 50 feet of the intersection of the
frontage road, Harvard Street, and South College should either be moved to
the west or eliminated, as it will not provide for adequate storage space for
vehicles wishing to enter South College Avenue. Also, it could cause conflicts
of vehicles waiting to enter South College and those vehicles wishing to enter
the driveway from the east, thus restricting flow of traffic to the west on
Harvard.
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March 7, 1977
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The Division has no comments on the remaining items. Thank you for
allowing us to review the above.
Very truly yours,
DWIGHT M. BOWER
DISTRICT ENGINEER
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Assistant District Engineer
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Mr. Les Kaplan
Planning Commission Director s :
City of Fort Collins f
P. 0. Box 580
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
This letter is written as a follow up to Mr. Steve Robinson's and your
telephone conversations, on February 23, with Mr. Robert Patrick of this
office concerning the proposed Fort Collins Expressway's proposed alignment
through Evergreen Park Subdivision.
Mr. Robinson has made application for a zoning change for praaerties
located in the southwest corner of the subdivision, west of Redwood and south
of Conifer. The Division has no objections to the zoning proposal . Mr.
Robinson has been working with the Division by setting aside a corridor through
the subdivision for the proposed Fort Collins Expressway. As the Expressway
is a proposal only, Mr. Dwight Bower, Division of Iiighways District Engineer,
has asked the developers to manage their land development in such a manner
as to preserve a corridor for the possible highway use, keeping in mind the
possibility that the proposed Expressway may not be constructed in this area.
If the proposed Expressway were not to be constructed in this area, the land
could easily be developed as originally intended. Mr. Bower stated that a
program for construction of the Expressway in this area is some years away.
At that time, we did not have an approved Environmental Impact Statement.
To demonstrate the above, the following is an excerpt from the Division's
Five-Year Highway Construction Program (Jan. , 1977).
Fiscal Year 76-77 - Preliminary engineering to determine right of way
and construction needs. Hold Public Hearings,
advance toward final design.
77-78 - Purchase right of way around Laporte.
78-79 - Construct interchanges around Laporte.
19-80 - Continue construction grade around Laporte.
80-81 - No funds budgeted.
81-82 - .Right of way and construction from Laporte toward
Fort Collins.
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DOH FILE 04-4
MR. LES KAPLAN
February 28. 1977
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The above are our proposed requests for budgeting for highway construction;
whether funding becomes available is up to monies available and Highway Commission
actions. Thus, the Expressway is only a proposal until actual funding becomes
available.
The Division, in working with Mr. Robinson, has submitted to him a corridor
in which the proposed Expressway could be constructed. The corridor was to
parallel Bureau of Reclamation Easement as near as possible. With the northern
boundary of 300 feet, right of way is to be 80 feet from the property line
of the existing substation to allow for continuity of Conifer Street. Another
constraint includes an area for an interchange at North College while allowing
Conifer Street to access North College as previously platted.
Mr. Robinson has stated in telephone conversations with Mr. Patrick that
the developers will limit their development from Redwood west to a line 50
feet each side of the proposed boundary lines of the corridor and from Redwood
east to a line 50 feet south of the boundary line of the proposed corridor.
This would not only allow for future frontage roads, but would provide an
area in which the proposed Expressway alignment could be shifted.
If you or your staff have any questions on the above, please feel free
to contact either me or Mr. Robert Patrick.
Very truly yours,
DWIGHT M. DOWER
DISTRICT ENGINEER
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Assistant District Engineer
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1635 Blue Spruce Drive, Suite 101 , Ft. Collins 80521