Have Your Say: CDOT's WestConnect Highway Plan Seeks Public Input

LITTLETON, CO -- A second round of public stakeholder meetings are planned by Colorado Dept. of Transportation for the last portion of a two-year plan to improve transportation corridors along the Front Range between Littleton and Boulder. One of those meetings will beheld in Littleton Jan. 25.

CDOT and the WestConnect Coalition are hosting three public meetings to inform people about the outcomes of their recent Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study.

Each meeting will have an open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with a brief presentation at 5:15 p.m. The public may attend any of the following meetings:
Jan. 16 in the Clear Creek and Coal Creek Rooms at the Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St. in Golden.
Jan. 24 in the gymnasium at Three Creeks Elementary School, 19486 W. 94th Ave. in Arvada.
Jan. 25 in the Bradford Room at the Ken Caryl Ranch House, 7676 S. Continental Divide Road in Littleton.

The two-year PEL study has been a coalition of CDOT and municipalities and counties along the transportation corridors to work out a plan for present and future traffic needs along C-470 between Kipling Street and Interstate 70, and along the US 6/CO 93 corridor between Golden and Boulder. CDOT worked with cities of Littleton, Lakewood, Golden, Morrison, Broomfield and Boulder, as well as Jefferson another counties. The plan will develop short-term and long-term transportation alternatives and identify proposed improvements.

Draft study recommendations and evaluation of these improvements will be presented at all of the meetings.

According to a CDOT statement:

Attendees will have opportunities to discuss the study with project team members and provide feedback. Public input is an important component of this study, and CDOT will consider the comments provided as the recommended improvements for the corridor are refined.
Reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities who wish to participate in the meetings can be arranged upon request. Contact Leah Langerman at 720-225-4651 or llangerman@deainc.com.
Beginning Jan. 16, an online version of the meetings will be available. It will include four videos that present the public meeting graphic displays.
To learn more about the WestConnect Coalition’s PEL study, or see the study results online, visit www.codot.gov/library/studies/westconnect-coalition-pel-study.

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