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STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS FortmCollinsty
JACK KINSTLINGER �.>LiJ;t EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Expressway
Evergreen Park
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DISTRICT 4
E. N. HAASE DWIGHT M. BOWER
CHIEF ENGINEER N/IJNEN`�\NE DISTRICT ENGINEER
STATE OF COLORADO
P. O. BOX 850-1420 - 2ND ST. • GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 • 1303) 353.1232
July 8, 1976 DOH FILE 04-41
Mr. Lester Kaplan
Planning Commission Director
City of Fort Collins
P. 0. Box 580
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
Re: Evergreen Park - Second Filing
This is written as a follow-up to the meeting held in our office this
morning concerning the Evergreen Park's Second Filing, Final Plat, conflict
with the proposed location of the Fort Collins Central Expressway. In
attendance at this morning's meeting in addition to you and me were Messrs.
Paul Deibel of the City of Fort Collins Planning Office and Dwight Bower,
District Engineer; and Robert Patrick, District Office Engineer, of the
Division of Highways.
Attached is a copy of the proposed location corridor as addressed in
the Division's Environmental Impact Statement. The EIS has been submitted
to the Federal Highway Administration and is presently being reviewed in their
Regional Office. The District expects a reply within the next two months.
The Division has developed a five-year plan which provides for funding
for preliminary engineering, design location, and holding of public meetings
during the fiscal year 1976-1977. It is projected that by this time next year
the Division will have the alignment of the Fort Collins Central Expressway
well defined.
We appreciate your concern over the exact location of the Expressway as
related to the Evergreen Park development. However, to date, only a corridor
has been proposed. The Division is willing to coordinate our activities with
those of the City of Fort Collins and developers along the proposed corridor.
In this particular case, we would request that the developer of Evergreen
Park designate a corridor through the development which would be acceptable
to him and meet the following criteria:
a. Provide a minimum of 300-foot right of way either by setback,
reservation, or dedication (preferably the latter) .
b. The termini of the alignment at property lines is such so as to
provide continuity of alignment through adjacent properties.
Larimer County
Fort Collins
Expressway
Evergreen Park
DOH FILE 04-41
MR. LESTER KAPLAN
July 8, 1976
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c. Alignment through the development does not include a series of
curves.
d. The corridor designated is acceptable to the Division.
The Division has become more and more concerned as to the growth around
and near the proposed expressway corridor. If developments, like this one,
are approved without any regard to providing an adequate corridor, the
economics of the project will become prohibitive.
The District would find it desirable to meet with both the City of Fort
Collins and the developer of Evergreen Park in order to coordinate the location
of the Fort Collins Central Expressway.
Thank you for showing your concern and meeting with us.
Very truly yours,
DWIGHT M. BOWER
DISTRICT ENGINEER
Albert Chotvacs •
Assistant District Engineer
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