HomeMy WebLinkAboutSILVERBERG PUD PRELIMINARY - 12 92A - CORRESPONDENCE - TRANSPORTATION ISSUETransl.,.rtation Services
Engineering Department
City of Fort Collins
January 27, 1997
Mr. Scott Queen
Ayres and Assoc
P.O. Box 270460
Fort Collins, Co 80527
RE: Silverburg PUD
Dear Scott:
Last week the City had a meeting with Tess Jones of the Colorado Department of Transportation to discuss
projects. One of the projects was discussed was the Silverburg PUD being designed by your office.
Prospect Road Row along this property and to a point east of the Frontage Road intersection currently
belongs to the State. Therefore any access onto this portion of Prospect or the Frontage Road will require
State approval and a State Highway Access Permit. Tess Jones stated that at the most the State would
consider a right -in right -out access onto Prospect Road from this site and indicated that if the access is
allowed, the centerline of the access would need to be a minimum of 600 feet from the centerline of the on/off
ramps. The prior comment from the City regarding moving the access point on Prospect west would not
apply with the access being immediately restricted to a right -in right -out. An updated traffic study will be
needed due to this restriction and it is quite possible that the access point onto the Frontage Road will be
needed as part of Phase I. Tess Jones also said that she had been contacted by RBD (Sear�Brown) about
development of the property directly to the South of this property. You may want to contact them about what
is being proposed (the City has not seen anything at this time) as an estimate of traffic volumes from this site
for the access point will be needed for the access permit.
As a reminder when improvements are done to the Prospect/ Frontage Road intersection, improvements will
be needed to all four legs of the intersection to keep the through lanes properly aligned with the addition of
left turn lanes.
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact me at (303) 221-6750.
Sincerely,
Sheri Wamhoff
Development Engineer
cc: Mike Ludwig
Eric Bracke
Gefroh and Hattman
Tess Jones
281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6605