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City of Fort Collins
January 12, 2004
Ms. Karla Harding
Region 4 Transportation Director
Colorado Department of Transportation
1420 2nd Street
Greeley, CO 80631
Dear Karla,
This letter is in response to your December 30, 2003, letter concerning the box culverts under I-25 at
BoxElder Creek.
We agree with your summary of this situation. Several years ago, the existing two cell box culvert was
replaced with a four cell culvert. Two of these cells were plugged, keeping the capacity of the culvert the
same until such time downstream improvements could be made. The City has recently remapped the
floodplains and is revising the stormwater master plan, but the downstream improvements envisioned
when the two extra culverts were installed and plugged have not been made. The capital improvements
needed to allow the safe removal of the plugs are not in the City current five year plan. For these reasons,
the City of Fort Collins would not recommend the plugs be removed.
If you have any questions on the above please don't hesitate to contact either Jim Hibbard or Bob Smith
at (970) 221-6700.
Sincerely,
John F. Fischbach
City Manager
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cc: Mayor and City Council Members
Diane Jones, Deputy City Manager
Mike Smith, General Manager of Utility Services
Greg Byrne, Director of Community Planning and Environmental Services
Ron Phillips, Executive Director of Transportation Services
Cameron Gloss, Current Planning Director
Mark Jackson, Chief Planner
Don Bachman, Policy and Budget Manager
Jim Hibbard, Water Engineering and Field Services Manager
Cam McNair, City Engineer
Bob Smith, Water Planning and Development Manager
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