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Weld County Public Works
APPENDIX C
OPEN HOUSE MEETING INFORMATION
You’re invited to hear about Weld County’s newest trans-portation planning project to develop an access control plan along Weld County Road 49 (WCR 49). Weld County Road 49 is also known as the Kersey Road or the Keenes-burg cut-off depending on which way you are traveling.
The GOAL of the Access Con-trol Plan (ACP) is to preserve and enhance the functional integrity (safety, capacity, and mobility) of WCR 49 in order to efficiently move people and goods along the corridor in the safest manner possible.
STUDY AREA:
The project scope encompasses approxi-mately 20 miles of WCR 49 from I-76 north to SH 34.
March 5, 2012
WELD COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS
This project is a collaborative effort between Weld County, Kersey, Hudson, and Keenesburg.
Project partners
WCR 49 ACP OPEN HOUSE
OPEN HOUSE DATES:
March 28, 2012
HUDSON FIRE District
5:30 — 7:30 pm
702 Cedar street
Hudson, CO 80642
April 4, 2012
Platte Valley high
School cafeteria
5:30 — 7:30 PM
901 Campbell st.
Kersey, CO 80644
Weld County Road 49 access control plan
Policy Advisory Committee
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Weld County Commissioner Danny Kipp, Mayor Keenesburg Jay Pier, Kersey Trustee Coralie Slusher, Kersey Trustee Neal Pontius, Mayor Hudson Jason Maxey, Weld County Planning Commissioner Robert Grand, Weld County Planning Commissioner
C0NTACT INFORMATION
Visit our webpage at: http://
www.co.weld.co.us/
Departments/PublicWorks/
TransportationPlanning/
index.html
Public Works Department
1111 H Street
PO Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
(970) 304-6496
Questions or comments
should be directed to Eliza-
beth Relford, Transportation
Planner at Ext. 3748; or Janet
Carter, Traffic Engineer Ext.
3726.
E-mail:
WeldCountyRoad49AccessControlPlanSAFETYISTHE#1PRIORITY
http://www.co.weld.co.us/Departments/PublicWorks/TransportationPlanning/index.html
OPEN HOUSE QUESTIONNAIRE
March 28, and April 4, 2012
Please fill out and leave with a representative or mail/email/fax to the contact person provided on the form.
1. Do you own property near the project corridor? YES NO
Proximity (north, middle, south section)?
2. What is your perception of the Weld County Road 49 corridor?
3. Are there areas of WCR 49 you avoid, and why?
4. Do you share a driveway access with a neighbor or other use?
5. Would you be willing to share an access with an adjacent property owner/use?
YES NO
Name Mail/Email or Fax Questionnaire To: Address Weld County Public Works Elizabeth Relford PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632‐0758 Phone or Email [email protected] Fax (970) 304‐6497 Office (970) 304‐6496 Ext. 3748
HUDSON/KERSEY OPEN HOUSE SUMMARY:
Too much traffic on CR 49
Hazmat traffic concerns
Trucks use CR 49 to avoid US 85 weigh station
Safety concern with intersections 54 /49, 44/49
Sight distance at CR 44 & 49
Want more passing lanes
Noise concerns
Alternate access road between access #s 63‐70
Turn lanes needed on WCR 22 & 49
Install Noise Barriers
Trucks don’t stop coming off of I‐76 onto CR 49, treat it like a free right
Consider frontage roads
Weigh station needed on CR 49
Improve US 85 so it is used over CR 49
Improving CR 49 only makes it more appealing for more traffic
More patrol units needed on CR 49 – Patrol on road needs to increase
Lots of illegal passing
Concern with amount of truck volumes
Lots of tire debris on CR 49
Access pts 165, 166. & 170 – Oil & Field accesses, but according to land owner…ok if combined
into one access.
Bus stop south of access point 172 dangerous
Remove truck traffic – restrict road – too much traffic
Access north of 132 is owner’s pasture access for mowing
Speed should be reduced to 55 mph – what is a safe speed
Is open range on CR 49 still in effect?
Make a toll road east of CR 49 & restrict trucks on CR 49
How will you be responsible for moving fences when you widen the road?
Hard to get on CR 49 from house – too much traffic
Turn lanes, passing lanes from CR 49 onto US 34 (free right onto US 34)
Signal timing long at US 34
Create more passing lanes
Safer passing lanes needed
Commuter traffic on CR 49 travel at high speeds
Pothole in turn lane of CR 49 onto US 34
Unsafe school bus pull off at bottom of hill between CR 36 & CR 38
The Board of Weld County Commissioners and the Weld
County Department of Public Works have
completed the initial draft of the Weld County Road 49
Access Control Plan. The goal of the plan is to
preserve and enhance the functional integrity of WCR
49 in order to efficiently move people and goods along
the corridor in the safest manner possible.
We received good input during the open house
meetings last year, and want to continue the dialogue
with the community on August 28, 2013, at 5:30 p.m.
at the Big Foot Turf Farm located at 22455 WCR 49.
Staff will be in attendance to answer questions about the
plan and to provide information about the future of
WCR 49. Dinner will be served at this meeting, so
please RSVP to Francie at [email protected].
We look forward to meeting with you!
POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BARBARA KIRKMEYER WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DANNY KIPP
KEENESBURG MAYOR
JAY PIER KERSEY TRUSTEE
CORALIE SLUSHER KERSEY TRUSTEE
NEAL PONTIUS
HUDSON MAYOR
JASON MAXEY WELD COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSIONER
ROBERT GRAND
WELD COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSIONER
BRUCE SPARROW KEENESBURG PLANNING COMMISSIONER
PROJECT PARTNERS
JANET CARTER TRAFFIC ENGINEER
ELIZABETH RELFORD TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
QUESTIONS?
WE VALUE YOUR INPUT! PLEASE JOIN US AND HELP IMPROVE WCR 49.
WCR 49 ACCESS CONTROL PLAN OPEN HOUSE
PRESS RELEASE Date: 8/14/13 Contact: Jennifer Finch, 970-336-7203
COMMUNITY GATHERING PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW WCR49 ACCESS CONTROL PLAN
WELD COUNTY, CO – The Board of Weld County Commissioners, along with the communities of Kersey, Hudson and Keenesburg, will be hosting a Weld County Road 49 Access Control Plan Review Meeting on August 28, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting, which will be held at the Big Foot Turf Farm located at 22455 Weld County Road 49, is an
opportunity for residents along the 49 Corridor to review the access management plan and road improvements proposed by the County.
“The goal of the plan is to preserve and enhance the functional integrity of the road,” said Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, who represents the Commissioners on the WCR 49 Advisory Committee. “Last year we met with residents to discuss the needs and issues concerning the 49 corridor. We put those suggestion and needs together in a comprehensive plan that local residents will be able to review before the plan is put into motion.”
The WCR 49 Access Control Plan Policy Advisory Committee, which consists of elected officials from Weld County, Kersey, Keenesburg and Hudson, as well as county staff will be in attendance at the meeting to answer questions about the plan and to provide information about the future of Weld County Road 49.
The Committee will also be honoring those community members who have worked to improve the corridor with “Safety Awards.”
“The 49 Corridor is a major roadway for not only our residents but also for our oil and gas and agricultural industries,” said Hudson Mayor Neal Pontius. “It is important we do what we can to ensure people and goods can move efficiently and safely through this corridor.”
Residents interested in attending should call Francie Collins at [email protected] or call 970-304-6496 ext. 3763 by 5:00 p.m. August 21, 2013.
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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Phone: 970-336-7204
Fax: 970-352-0242 1150 O Street
P.O. Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632
WeldCountyRoad49AccessControlPlan
Agenda
August 28, 2013
1. Dinner
2. Safety Awards a. Communities b. O&G c. CDOT d. RE‐3J e. Big Foot (thank you sign)
3. ACP Goal: SAFETY ‐ Preserve and enhance the functional integrity (safety,
capacity & mobility) of WCR 49 to efficiently move people and goods along the corridor in the safest manner possible.
4. Purpose of meeting: a. ACP Project limits (US 34 to I‐76) b. Gather feedback on the access classifications identified on the maps. c. Vision of CR 49 Corridor (4 Lanes, concrete) Conceptual layout
options on wall. d. Existing Projects (Intersection of CR 44/49 – Construction Spring & CR
22/49 Design – Construction 2014/15). e. 49 Extension Project f. Introduce Staff: Dave Bauer (PW Dir), Don Dunker (Eng.) Leon Sievers
(ROW Agent), Jackie Barrow (Surveyor), Janet and Elizabeth g. Elizabeth – describe expectation of feedback for ACP maps.
5. Q&A
6. Separate into groups
South section of 49 Corridor (From WCR 34 south to I-76)
Date: September 11, 2013 Location: SE Weld County Fair Grounds,
7758 WCR 59 (Exit 39 on I-76)
middle section of 49 Corridor (From Hwy 34 south to WCR 34)
Date: September 24, 2013 Location: Platte Valley Fire Station, 27128 WCR 53
NORTH section of 49 Corridor
(From Hwy 34 north to Hwy 14) Date: September 26, 2013 Location: Platte Valley Fire Station, 27128 WCR 53
YOU’RE INVITED! all meetings from 4-7pm
wCR 49 CORRIDOR meetings
PW Contact Information: WCR 49 Extension Project
Mike Bedell, Project Manager - (970) 304-6496 x3706
WCR 49/44 & 49/22 Intersection Projects
Richard White, Project Manager - (970) 304-6496 x3742
WCR 49 Corridor Alignment
Wayne Howard, County Engineer - (970) 304-6496 x3788
WCR 49 Corridor Right-of-Way
Leon Sievers, Right-of-way Agent - (970) 304-6496 x3785