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Accountability and Service
October 4, 2011
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Weld County Commissioner
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Commissioner Kirkmeyer:
Because of the expansion of Halliburton, the City of Fort Lupton has a need to make
improvements to a portion of Weld County Road 8. WCR 8 will likely become one of the
County's designated haul routes for oil and gas operators, so we need to make sure that this
portion of the road meets high standards. During testing, our engineer found WCR 8 was
not up to standards and has to be completely replaced. Fort Lupton's annexation of WCR 8
was ill timed in that Council at the time was unaware that the road was below standard. In
addition, the US 85 Access Control Plan on page 38 states 'Weld County must make
auxiliary lane improvements on WCR 27 at WCR 8 and adjacent intersections so large
trucks can safely make turns". If the County is going to require municipalities to annex
roads, there is a need for the roads to be up to standards that municipalities can afford to
maintain in the future.
In the past the County has helped with economic development by helping with road impacts.
For instance, the County helped with the Windsor-Severance road and with WCR 6 for
Vestas. The County contributed approximately $500,000 toward the WCR 6 project for
Brighton and in the process lost 50% of the tax revenue to the Urban Renewal area.
Halliburton created 600-700 new jobs and the County's tax revenue stayed whole. Thanks
to Halliburton, over the coming years, because of the water and sewer, more jobs and tax
revenue will be added. We are already seeing a lot of interest from additional oil and gas
service companies because of the new infrastructure. Oil and gas will be with us for a long
time into the future. Although Halliburton is paying a Road Impact Fee to the City, it will not
be enough to bring WCR 8 up to current standards.
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Therefore, the City of Fort Lupton respectfully requests the County participate with us in the
reconstruction of a portion of WCR 8, in the amount of at least $500,000. The remaining
project funds will come from the City of Fort Lupton.
Sincere
Tommy Holto , Mayor
City of Fort Lupton
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